Meadville vs Purdin

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

Meadville and Purdin 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 75 in Purdin). Meadville has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $21,250 in Purdin). Meadville has the higher median home value ($110,200 vs $48,300 in Purdin).

Population, income & housing

	Meadville	Purdin
Population	493	75
Median age	32.8 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$21,250
Median home value	$110,200	$48,300
Median gross rent	$625	$286
Housing units	202	79
Homeownership rate	67.2%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadville	Purdin
Population	476 → 493 (+3.6%)	105 → 75 (-28.6%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $70,000 (+55.6%)	$48,125 → $21,250 (-55.8%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $110,200 (+58.1%)	$41,300 → $48,300 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $625 (+17.3%)	$292 → $286 (-2.1%)

Meadville

Population

476493

Median household income

$45,000$70,000

Median home value

$69,700$110,200

Median gross rent

$533$625

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)

	Meadville	Purdin
Under 5	8.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	26.2%	24.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	2.7%
35 to 44	25.8%	20.0%
45 to 54	4.5%	8.0%
55 to 64	6.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	17.3%
75 and over	3.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadville	Purdin
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadville	Purdin
No high school diploma	1.8%	12.8%
High school graduate	58.6%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadville	Purdin
Drove alone	76.5%	88.0%
Carpooled	15.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	12.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadville	Purdin
1-unit, detached	78.7%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Meadville	Purdin
Poverty rate	2.2%	22.7%
Average household size	2.83	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1964	1955