Gideon vs Matthews

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

Gideon and Matthews 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 506 in Matthews). Gideon has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $44,013 in Matthews). Matthews has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $54,000 in Gideon).

Population, income & housing

	Gideon	Matthews
Population	711	506
Median age	44.8 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$44,013
Median home value	$54,000	$101,800
Median gross rent	$584	$731
Housing units	369	282
Homeownership rate	68.2%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gideon	Matthews
Population	935 → 711 (-24.0%)	640 → 506 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$38,083 → $51,667 (+35.7%)	$35,054 → $44,013 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$45,900 → $54,000 (+17.6%)	$74,500 → $101,800 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $584 (-23.2%)	$666 → $731 (+9.8%)

Gideon

Population

935711

Median household income

$38,083$51,667

Median home value

$45,900$54,000

Median gross rent

$760$584

Matthews

Population

640506

Median household income

$35,054$44,013

Median home value

$74,500$101,800

Median gross rent

$666$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gideon	Matthews
Under 5	10.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	5.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	11.1%
25 to 34	7.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	5.1%
45 to 54	15.9%	19.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.6%
75 and over	8.2%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gideon	Matthews
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	8.2%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gideon	Matthews
No high school diploma	19.3%	19.2%
High school graduate	51.1%	63.0%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gideon	Matthews
Drove alone	82.8%	87.0%
Carpooled	13.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.3%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gideon	Matthews
1-unit, detached	75.1%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Gideon	Matthews
Poverty rate	24.7%	5.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1962	1977