Freistatt vs Pierce City

A side-by-side comparison of Freistatt and Pierce City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pierce City has the higher population (1,472 vs 248 in Freistatt). Freistatt has the higher median household income ($48,036 vs $45,000 in Pierce City). Freistatt has the higher median home value ($113,500 vs $112,000 in Pierce City).

Population, income & housing

	Freistatt	Pierce City
Population	248	1,472
Median age	35.2 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$48,036	$45,000
Median home value	$113,500	$112,000
Median gross rent	—	$779
Housing units	136	567
Homeownership rate	70.3%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freistatt	Pierce City
Population	180 → 248 (+37.8%)	1,271 → 1,472 (+15.8%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $48,036 (+18.2%)	$37,500 → $45,000 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$72,200 → $113,500 (+57.2%)	$87,800 → $112,000 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$642 → $779 (+21.3%)

Freistatt

Population

180248

Median household income

$40,625$48,036

Median home value

$72,200$113,500

Pierce City

Population

1,2711,472

Median household income

$37,500$45,000

Median home value

$87,800$112,000

Median gross rent

$642$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freistatt	Pierce City
Under 5	14.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	5.2%	30.7%
18 to 24	15.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	17.8%
35 to 44	19.4%	14.9%
45 to 54	6.9%	7.5%
55 to 64	7.3%	7.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	3.8%
75 and over	8.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freistatt	Pierce City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	70.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	16.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freistatt	Pierce City
No high school diploma	11.9%	17.0%
High school graduate	21.3%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freistatt	Pierce City
Drove alone	84.6%	63.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	24.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	11.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freistatt	Pierce City
1-unit, detached	80.9%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Freistatt	Pierce City
Poverty rate	10.1%	29.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1955	1967