Neck City vs Purcell

A side-by-side comparison of Neck City and Purcell: population, income, housing, and more.

Neck City and Purcell are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Purcell has the higher population (354 vs 232 in Neck City). Neck City has the higher median household income ($68,393 vs $38,750 in Purcell). Neck City has the higher median home value ($93,300 vs $84,600 in Purcell).

Population, income & housing

	Neck City	Purcell
Population	232	354
Median age	36.4 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,393	$38,750
Median home value	$93,300	$84,600
Median gross rent	—	$938
Housing units	81	182
Homeownership rate	96.3%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neck City	Purcell
Population	161 → 232 (+44.1%)	423 → 354 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$56,667 → $68,393 (+20.7%)	$53,021 → $38,750 (-26.9%)
Median home value	$82,100 → $93,300 (+13.6%)	$75,200 → $84,600 (+12.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$694 → $938 (+35.2%)

Neck City

Population

161232

Median household income

$56,667$68,393

Median home value

$82,100$93,300

Purcell

Population

423354

Median household income

$53,021$38,750

Median home value

$75,200$84,600

Median gross rent

$694$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Neck City	Purcell
Under 5	4.7%	0.6%
5 to 17	21.6%	24.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	5.6%	20.6%
55 to 64	22.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.9%
75 and over	6.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neck City	Purcell
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	74.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	7.8%	5.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neck City	Purcell
No high school diploma	12.5%	11.0%
High school graduate	63.1%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neck City	Purcell
Drove alone	93.9%	90.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neck City	Purcell
1-unit, detached	60.5%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.5%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Neck City	Purcell
Poverty rate	9.1%	24.3%
Average household size	2.86	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	31	38
Median year structure built	2001	1947