Gideon vs Morehouse

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

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

Morehouse has the higher population (751 vs 711 in Gideon). Gideon has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $32,250 in Morehouse). Morehouse has the higher median home value ($60,000 vs $54,000 in Gideon).

Population, income & housing

	Gideon	Morehouse
Population	711	751
Median age	44.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$32,250
Median home value	$54,000	$60,000
Median gross rent	$584	$550
Housing units	369	418
Homeownership rate	68.2%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gideon	Morehouse
Population	935 → 711 (-24.0%)	1,001 → 751 (-25.0%)
Median household income	$38,083 → $51,667 (+35.7%)	$29,491 → $32,250 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$45,900 → $54,000 (+17.6%)	$51,500 → $60,000 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $584 (-23.2%)	$549 → $550 (+0.2%)

Gideon

Population

935711

Median household income

$38,083$51,667

Median home value

$45,900$54,000

Median gross rent

$760$584

Morehouse

Population

1,001751

Median household income

$29,491$32,250

Median home value

$51,500$60,000

Median gross rent

$549$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gideon	Morehouse
Under 5	10.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	7.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.2%
75 and over	8.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gideon	Morehouse
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gideon	Morehouse
No high school diploma	19.3%	25.9%
High school graduate	51.1%	57.2%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gideon	Morehouse
Drove alone	82.8%	86.2%
Carpooled	13.0%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gideon	Morehouse
1-unit, detached	75.1%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Gideon	Morehouse
Poverty rate	24.7%	18.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	27	15
Median year structure built	1962	1973