Marston vs Matthews

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

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

Matthews has the higher population (506 vs 439 in Marston). Matthews has the higher median household income ($44,013 vs $36,761 in Marston). Matthews has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $69,000 in Marston).

Population, income & housing

	Marston	Matthews
Population	439	506
Median age	36.2 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,761	$44,013
Median home value	$69,000	$101,800
Median gross rent	$694	$731
Housing units	205	282
Homeownership rate	41.7%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.3%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marston	Matthews
Population	472 → 439 (-7.0%)	640 → 506 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$27,847 → $36,761 (+32.0%)	$35,054 → $44,013 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$23,000 → $69,000 (+200.0%)	$74,500 → $101,800 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $694 (-9.0%)	$666 → $731 (+9.8%)

Marston

Population

472439

Median household income

$27,847$36,761

Median home value

$23,000$69,000

Median gross rent

$763$694

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)

	Marston	Matthews
Under 5	8.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	22.6%	5.7%
18 to 24	4.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	5.1%
45 to 54	5.2%	19.2%
55 to 64	26.4%	17.4%
65 to 74	6.6%	14.6%
75 and over	3.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marston	Matthews
White (non-Hispanic)	48.5%	90.3%
Black or African American	38.7%	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	12.8%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marston	Matthews
No high school diploma	24.2%	19.2%
High school graduate	49.8%	63.0%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marston	Matthews
Drove alone	94.3%	87.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marston	Matthews
1-unit, detached	43.4%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.5%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Marston	Matthews
Poverty rate	20.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	46	18
Median year structure built	1980	1977