Laclede vs Meadville

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

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

Meadville has the higher population (493 vs 249 in Laclede). Meadville has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $46,500 in Laclede). Meadville has the higher median home value ($110,200 vs $50,000 in Laclede).

Population, income & housing

	Laclede	Meadville
Population	249	493
Median age	42.4 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,500	$70,000
Median home value	$50,000	$110,200
Median gross rent	$333	$625
Housing units	133	202
Homeownership rate	72.0%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laclede	Meadville
Population	378 → 249 (-34.1%)	476 → 493 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$38,438 → $46,500 (+21.0%)	$45,000 → $70,000 (+55.6%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $50,000 (-25.3%)	$69,700 → $110,200 (+58.1%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $333 (-33.4%)	$533 → $625 (+17.3%)

Laclede

Population

378249

Median household income

$38,438$46,500

Median home value

$66,900$50,000

Median gross rent

$500$333

Meadville

Population

476493

Median household income

$45,000$70,000

Median home value

$69,700$110,200

Median gross rent

$533$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laclede	Meadville
Under 5	3.6%	8.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	26.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	25.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	4.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	6.9%
65 to 74	17.7%	7.7%
75 and over	9.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laclede	Meadville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laclede	Meadville
No high school diploma	9.2%	1.8%
High school graduate	47.7%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laclede	Meadville
Drove alone	75.9%	76.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laclede	Meadville
1-unit, detached	66.9%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Laclede	Meadville
Poverty rate	7.2%	2.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1960	1964