Ethel vs New Cambria

A side-by-side comparison of Ethel and New Cambria: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Cambria has the higher population (134 vs 70 in Ethel). Since 2019, Ethel's population has grown faster (+141.4% vs +1.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Ethel	New Cambria
Population	70	134
Median age	75.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$52,778
Median home value	—	$57,500
Median gross rent	—	$577
Housing units	64	76
Homeownership rate	97.8%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ethel	New Cambria
Population	29 → 70 (+141.4%)	132 → 134 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $2,499 (-92.0%)	$30,313 → $52,778 (+74.1%)
Median home value	—	$47,500 → $57,500 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$513 → $577 (+12.5%)

Ethel

Population

2970

Median household income

$31,250$2,499

New Cambria

Population

132134

Median household income

$30,313$52,778

Median home value

$47,500$57,500

Median gross rent

$513$577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ethel	New Cambria
Under 5	1.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	10.0%	23.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	5.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	4.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	17.1%	3.7%
75 and over	51.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ethel	New Cambria
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ethel	New Cambria
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	72.6%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	6.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ethel	New Cambria
Drove alone	76.5%	76.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ethel	New Cambria
1-unit, detached	96.9%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	25.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Ethel	New Cambria
Poverty rate	52.9%	14.2%
Average household size	1.52	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1961	1961