Gideon vs New Madrid

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

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

New Madrid has the higher population (2,720 vs 711 in Gideon). Gideon has the higher median household income ($51,667 vs $51,250 in New Madrid). New Madrid has the higher median home value ($120,700 vs $54,000 in Gideon).

Population, income & housing

	Gideon	New Madrid
Population	711	2,720
Median age	44.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$51,250
Median home value	$54,000	$120,700
Median gross rent	$584	$692
Housing units	369	1,394
Homeownership rate	68.2%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gideon	New Madrid
Population	935 → 711 (-24.0%)	2,898 → 2,720 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$38,083 → $51,667 (+35.7%)	$39,833 → $51,250 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$45,900 → $54,000 (+17.6%)	$86,900 → $120,700 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $584 (-23.2%)	$645 → $692 (+7.3%)

Gideon

Population

935711

Median household income

$38,083$51,667

Median home value

$45,900$54,000

Median gross rent

$760$584

New Madrid

Population

2,8982,720

Median household income

$39,833$51,250

Median home value

$86,900$120,700

Median gross rent

$645$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gideon	New Madrid
Under 5	10.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	11.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.9%
75 and over	8.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gideon	New Madrid
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gideon	New Madrid
No high school diploma	19.3%	11.3%
High school graduate	51.1%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gideon	New Madrid
Drove alone	82.8%	89.2%
Carpooled	13.0%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gideon	New Madrid
1-unit, detached	75.1%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Gideon	New Madrid
Poverty rate	24.7%	9.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1962	1975