Herculaneum vs Imperial

A side-by-side comparison of Herculaneum and Imperial: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Imperial has the higher population (5,617 vs 4,925 in Herculaneum). Herculaneum has the higher median household income ($88,778 vs $87,949 in Imperial). Herculaneum has the higher median home value ($222,100 vs $221,900 in Imperial).

Population, income & housing

	Herculaneum	Imperial
Population	4,925	5,617
Median age	38.1 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,778	$87,949
Median home value	$222,100	$221,900
Median gross rent	$2,065	$1,255
Housing units	1,891	2,037
Homeownership rate	88.4%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herculaneum	Imperial
Population	4,025 → 4,925 (+22.4%)	4,260 → 5,617 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$65,449 → $88,778 (+35.6%)	$64,565 → $87,949 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$158,800 → $222,100 (+39.9%)	$162,300 → $221,900 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,699 → $2,065 (+21.5%)	$944 → $1,255 (+32.9%)

Herculaneum

Population

4,0254,925

Median household income

$65,449$88,778

Median home value

$158,800$222,100

Median gross rent

$1,699$2,065

Imperial

Population

4,2605,617

Median household income

$64,565$87,949

Median home value

$162,300$221,900

Median gross rent

$944$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herculaneum	Imperial
Under 5	2.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	23.5%	23.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	16.6%	17.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	8.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.6%
75 and over	6.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herculaneum	Imperial
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	90.2%
Black or African American	7.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herculaneum	Imperial
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	29.7%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herculaneum	Imperial
Drove alone	80.7%	85.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	7.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herculaneum	Imperial
1-unit, detached	91.2%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.9%
20 or more units	5.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Herculaneum	Imperial
Poverty rate	5.4%	8.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	2001	1989