Laclede vs Purdin

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

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

Laclede has the higher population (249 vs 75 in Purdin). Laclede has the higher median household income ($46,500 vs $21,250 in Purdin). Laclede has the higher median home value ($50,000 vs $48,300 in Purdin).

Population, income & housing

	Laclede	Purdin
Population	249	75
Median age	42.4 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,500	$21,250
Median home value	$50,000	$48,300
Median gross rent	$333	$286
Housing units	133	79
Homeownership rate	72.0%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laclede	Purdin
Population	378 → 249 (-34.1%)	105 → 75 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$38,438 → $46,500 (+21.0%)	$48,125 → $21,250 (-55.8%)
Median home value	$66,900 → $50,000 (-25.3%)	$41,300 → $48,300 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $333 (-33.4%)	$292 → $286 (-2.1%)

Laclede

Population

378249

Median household income

$38,438$46,500

Median home value

$66,900$50,000

Median gross rent

$500$333

Purdin

Population

10575

Median household income

$48,125$21,250

Median home value

$41,300$48,300

Median gross rent

$292$286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laclede	Purdin
Under 5	3.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	24.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	10.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	2.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	20.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	17.7%	17.3%
75 and over	9.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laclede	Purdin
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laclede	Purdin
No high school diploma	9.2%	12.8%
High school graduate	47.7%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laclede	Purdin
Drove alone	75.9%	88.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laclede	Purdin
1-unit, detached	66.9%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Laclede	Purdin
Poverty rate	7.2%	22.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1960	1955