Laclede vs Marceline

A side-by-side comparison of Laclede and Marceline: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marceline has the higher population (2,269 vs 249 in Laclede). Marceline has the higher median household income ($55,139 vs $46,500 in Laclede). Marceline has the higher median home value ($96,000 vs $50,000 in Laclede).

Population, income & housing

	Laclede	Marceline
Population	249	2,269
Median age	42.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,500	$55,139
Median home value	$50,000	$96,000
Median gross rent	$333	$618
Housing units	133	1,024
Homeownership rate	72.0%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laclede	Marceline
Population	378 → 249 (-34.1%)	2,002 → 2,269 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$38,438 → $46,500 (+21.0%)	$40,441 → $55,139 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $50,000 (-25.3%)	$63,700 → $96,000 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $333 (-33.4%)	$535 → $618 (+15.5%)

Laclede

Population

378249

Median household income

$38,438$46,500

Median home value

$66,900$50,000

Median gross rent

$500$333

Marceline

Population

2,0022,269

Median household income

$40,441$55,139

Median home value

$63,700$96,000

Median gross rent

$535$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laclede	Marceline
Under 5	3.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	22.1%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	8.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	8.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	17.7%	10.4%
75 and over	9.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laclede	Marceline
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laclede	Marceline
No high school diploma	9.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	47.7%	52.8%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laclede	Marceline
Drove alone	75.9%	81.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laclede	Marceline
1-unit, detached	66.9%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Laclede	Marceline
Poverty rate	7.2%	24.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1960	1961