Gideon vs Marston

A side-by-side comparison of Gideon and Marston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gideon has the higher population (711 vs 439 in Marston). Gideon has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $36,761 in Marston). Marston has the higher median home value ($69,000 vs $54,000 in Gideon).

Population, income & housing

	Gideon	Marston
Population	711	439
Median age	44.8 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$36,761
Median home value	$54,000	$69,000
Median gross rent	$584	$694
Housing units	369	205
Homeownership rate	68.2%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gideon	Marston
Population	935 → 711 (-24.0%)	472 → 439 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$38,083 → $51,667 (+35.7%)	$27,847 → $36,761 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$45,900 → $54,000 (+17.6%)	$23,000 → $69,000 (+200.0%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $584 (-23.2%)	$763 → $694 (-9.0%)

Gideon

Population

935711

Median household income

$38,083$51,667

Median home value

$45,900$54,000

Median gross rent

$760$584

Marston

Population

472439

Median household income

$27,847$36,761

Median home value

$23,000$69,000

Median gross rent

$763$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gideon	Marston
Under 5	10.5%	8.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	22.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	15.9%	5.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	26.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	6.6%
75 and over	8.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gideon	Marston
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	48.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	38.7%
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	8.2%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gideon	Marston
No high school diploma	19.3%	24.2%
High school graduate	51.1%	49.8%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gideon	Marston
Drove alone	82.8%	94.3%
Carpooled	13.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gideon	Marston
1-unit, detached	75.1%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	39.5%

Poverty & households

	Gideon	Marston
Poverty rate	24.7%	20.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	46
Median year structure built	1962	1980