Middle Grove vs Paris

A side-by-side comparison of Middle Grove and Paris: population, income, housing, and more.

Middle Grove and Paris are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Paris has the higher population (1,326 vs 46 in Middle Grove). Middle Grove has the higher median household income ($54,250 vs $54,219 in Paris). Since 2019, Middle Grove's population has grown faster (+24.3% vs -4.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Middle Grove	Paris
Population	46	1,326
Median age	70.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,250	$54,219
Median home value	—	$99,500
Median gross rent	—	$670
Housing units	26	636
Homeownership rate	100.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middle Grove	Paris
Population	37 → 46 (+24.3%)	1,390 → 1,326 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $54,250 (+8.5%)	$36,550 → $54,219 (+48.3%)
Median home value	—	$74,500 → $99,500 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$325 → $670 (+106.2%)

Middle Grove

Population

3746

Median household income

$50,000$54,250

Paris

Population

1,3901,326

Median household income

$36,550$54,219

Median home value

$74,500$99,500

Median gross rent

$325$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middle Grove	Paris
Under 5	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	6.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	19.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.0%
55 to 64	19.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	30.4%	8.9%
75 and over	23.9%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middle Grove	Paris
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middle Grove	Paris
No high school diploma	26.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	47.8%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middle Grove	Paris
Drove alone	93.3%	79.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middle Grove	Paris
1-unit, detached	69.2%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	30.8%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Middle Grove	Paris
Poverty rate	15.2%	10.4%
Average household size	2.00	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1990	1962