Gideon vs Parma

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

Gideon and Parma 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 552 in Parma). Parma has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $51,667 in Gideon). Gideon has the higher median home value ($54,000 vs $35,800 in Parma).

Population, income & housing

	Gideon	Parma
Population	711	552
Median age	44.8 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$63,500
Median home value	$54,000	$35,800
Median gross rent	$584	$670
Housing units	369	254
Homeownership rate	68.2%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gideon	Parma
Population	935 → 711 (-24.0%)	608 → 552 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$38,083 → $51,667 (+35.7%)	$24,231 → $63,500 (+162.1%)
Median home value	$45,900 → $54,000 (+17.6%)	$50,000 → $35,800 (-28.4%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $584 (-23.2%)	$816 → $670 (-17.9%)

Gideon

Population

935711

Median household income

$38,083$51,667

Median home value

$45,900$54,000

Median gross rent

$760$584

Parma

Population

608552

Median household income

$24,231$63,500

Median home value

$50,000$35,800

Median gross rent

$816$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gideon	Parma
Under 5	10.5%	9.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.1%
25 to 34	7.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	7.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.5%
75 and over	8.2%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gideon	Parma
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	44.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	27.9%
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%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gideon	Parma
No high school diploma	19.3%	25.7%
High school graduate	51.1%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gideon	Parma
Drove alone	82.8%	79.5%
Carpooled	13.0%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gideon	Parma
1-unit, detached	75.1%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Gideon	Parma
Poverty rate	24.7%	34.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1962	1967