Pineville vs Southwest City

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

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

Pineville has the higher population (923 vs 845 in Southwest City). Southwest City has the higher median household income ($38,750 vs $34,688 in Pineville). Pineville has the higher median home value ($170,300 vs $67,200 in Southwest City).

Population, income & housing

	Pineville	Southwest City
Population	923	845
Median age	40.2 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$34,688	$38,750
Median home value	$170,300	$67,200
Median gross rent	$717	$555
Housing units	441	361
Homeownership rate	36.7%	57.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pineville	Southwest City
Population	817 → 923 (+13.0%)	1,056 → 845 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $34,688 (-0.9%)	$41,250 → $38,750 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$98,600 → $170,300 (+72.7%)	$82,100 → $67,200 (-18.1%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $717 (+24.0%)	$688 → $555 (-19.3%)

Pineville

Population

817923

Median household income

$35,000$34,688

Median home value

$98,600$170,300

Median gross rent

$578$717

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)

	Pineville	Southwest City
Under 5	7.0%	10.3%
5 to 17	13.7%	25.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	18.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	6.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	18.0%	3.1%
75 and over	7.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pineville	Southwest City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	26.5%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	64.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pineville	Southwest City
No high school diploma	17.1%	37.9%
High school graduate	51.4%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	16.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pineville	Southwest City
Drove alone	90.8%	73.5%
Carpooled	2.4%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pineville	Southwest City
1-unit, detached	63.9%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Pineville	Southwest City
Poverty rate	18.5%	15.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1976	1985