Imperial vs Pevely

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

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

Pevely has the higher population (6,037 vs 5,617 in Imperial). Imperial has the higher median household income ($87,949 vs $64,660 in Pevely). Imperial has the higher median home value ($221,900 vs $203,700 in Pevely).

Population, income & housing

	Imperial	Pevely
Population	5,617	6,037
Median age	37.5 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,949	$64,660
Median home value	$221,900	$203,700
Median gross rent	$1,255	$844
Housing units	2,037	2,357
Homeownership rate	90.5%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Imperial	Pevely
Population	4,260 → 5,617 (+31.9%)	5,893 → 6,037 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$64,565 → $87,949 (+36.2%)	$55,980 → $64,660 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$162,300 → $221,900 (+36.7%)	$132,500 → $203,700 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,255 (+32.9%)	$702 → $844 (+20.2%)

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

Pevely

Population

5,8936,037

Median household income

$55,980$64,660

Median home value

$132,500$203,700

Median gross rent

$702$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Imperial	Pevely
Under 5	5.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	23.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.2%	11.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	17.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	13.8%	7.9%
55 to 64	8.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	12.4%
75 and over	5.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Imperial	Pevely
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	90.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Imperial	Pevely
No high school diploma	6.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	30.7%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Imperial	Pevely
Drove alone	85.7%	73.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	7.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Imperial	Pevely
1-unit, detached	90.2%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Imperial	Pevely
Poverty rate	8.0%	15.2%
Average household size	2.89	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1989	1997