New Florence vs Wellsville

A side-by-side comparison of New Florence and Wellsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wellsville has the higher population (1,197 vs 784 in New Florence). Wellsville has the higher median household income ($61,635 vs $48,125 in New Florence). New Florence has the higher median home value ($92,800 vs $74,100 in Wellsville).

Population, income & housing

	New Florence	Wellsville
Population	784	1,197
Median age	47.0 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,125	$61,635
Median home value	$92,800	$74,100
Median gross rent	$883	$531
Housing units	318	485
Homeownership rate	65.1%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Florence	Wellsville
Population	771 → 784 (+1.7%)	1,186 → 1,197 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$40,500 → $48,125 (+18.8%)	$42,697 → $61,635 (+44.4%)
Median home value	$92,500 → $92,800 (+0.3%)	$69,700 → $74,100 (+6.3%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $883 (+40.4%)	$585 → $531 (-9.2%)

New Florence

Population

771784

Median household income

$40,500$48,125

Median home value

$92,500$92,800

Median gross rent

$629$883

Wellsville

Population

1,1861,197

Median household income

$42,697$61,635

Median home value

$69,700$74,100

Median gross rent

$585$531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Florence	Wellsville
Under 5	7.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	22.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	13.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	21.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.7%
75 and over	7.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Florence	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.4%
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	1.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Florence	Wellsville
No high school diploma	15.4%	18.5%
High school graduate	40.8%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Florence	Wellsville
Drove alone	83.2%	74.5%
Carpooled	14.6%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Florence	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	71.4%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.0%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	New Florence	Wellsville
Poverty rate	19.2%	11.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1977	1965