Macon vs New Cambria

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

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

Macon has the higher population (5,457 vs 134 in New Cambria). New Cambria has the higher median household income ($52,778 vs $51,103 in Macon). Macon has the higher median home value ($133,800 vs $57,500 in New Cambria).

Population, income & housing

	Macon	New Cambria
Population	5,457	134
Median age	42.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,103	$52,778
Median home value	$133,800	$57,500
Median gross rent	$760	$577
Housing units	2,817	76
Homeownership rate	63.8%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Macon	New Cambria
Population	5,358 → 5,457 (+1.8%)	132 → 134 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$36,991 → $51,103 (+38.1%)	$30,313 → $52,778 (+74.1%)
Median home value	$94,800 → $133,800 (+41.1%)	$47,500 → $57,500 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $760 (+42.1%)	$513 → $577 (+12.5%)

Macon

Population

5,3585,457

Median household income

$36,991$51,103

Median home value

$94,800$133,800

Median gross rent

$535$760

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)

	Macon	New Cambria
Under 5	4.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.9%	23.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	3.7%
75 and over	10.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Macon	New Cambria
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	83.6%
Black or African American	3.9%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Macon	New Cambria
No high school diploma	9.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	37.8%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Macon	New Cambria
Drove alone	82.9%	76.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	3.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Macon	New Cambria
1-unit, detached	72.8%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	25.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	2.6%
20 or more units	3.3%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Macon	New Cambria
Poverty rate	14.1%	14.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1970	1961