Noel vs Southwest City

A side-by-side comparison of Noel and Southwest City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Noel has the higher population (1,679 vs 845 in Southwest City). Noel has the higher median household income ($39,196 vs $38,750 in Southwest City). Noel has the higher median home value ($117,000 vs $67,200 in Southwest City).

Population, income & housing

	Noel	Southwest City
Population	1,679	845
Median age	31.6 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$39,196	$38,750
Median home value	$117,000	$67,200
Median gross rent	$599	$555
Housing units	785	361
Homeownership rate	30.8%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Noel	Southwest City
Population	2,141 → 1,679 (-21.6%)	1,056 → 845 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$25,847 → $39,196 (+51.6%)	$41,250 → $38,750 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $117,000 (+68.6%)	$82,100 → $67,200 (-18.1%)
Median gross rent	$526 → $599 (+13.9%)	$688 → $555 (-19.3%)

Noel

Population

2,1411,679

Median household income

$25,847$39,196

Median home value

$69,400$117,000

Median gross rent

$526$599

Southwest City

Population

1,056845

Median household income

$41,250$38,750

Median home value

$82,100$67,200

Median gross rent

$688$555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Noel	Southwest City
Under 5	6.4%	10.3%
5 to 17	21.4%	25.3%
18 to 24	13.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	17.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	18.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	3.1%
75 and over	1.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Noel	Southwest City
White (non-Hispanic)	30.9%	26.5%
Black or African American	19.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	40.3%	64.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Noel	Southwest City
No high school diploma	33.0%	37.9%
High school graduate	33.5%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Noel	Southwest City
Drove alone	73.2%	73.5%
Carpooled	25.3%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Noel	Southwest City
1-unit, detached	53.1%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Noel	Southwest City
Poverty rate	29.1%	15.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1976	1985