Matthews vs Morehouse

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

Matthews 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 506 in Matthews). Matthews has the higher median household income ($44,013 vs $32,250 in Morehouse). Matthews has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $60,000 in Morehouse).

Population, income & housing

	Matthews	Morehouse
Population	506	751
Median age	52.4 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,013	$32,250
Median home value	$101,800	$60,000
Median gross rent	$731	$550
Housing units	282	418
Homeownership rate	67.4%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matthews	Morehouse
Population	640 → 506 (-20.9%)	1,001 → 751 (-25.0%)
Median household income	$35,054 → $44,013 (+25.6%)	$29,491 → $32,250 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$74,500 → $101,800 (+36.6%)	$51,500 → $60,000 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $731 (+9.8%)	$549 → $550 (+0.2%)

Matthews

Population

640506

Median household income

$35,054$44,013

Median home value

$74,500$101,800

Median gross rent

$666$731

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)

	Matthews	Morehouse
Under 5	5.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	5.7%	12.9%
18 to 24	11.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	5.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	19.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	17.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	14.2%
75 and over	9.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matthews	Morehouse
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	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	6.5%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matthews	Morehouse
No high school diploma	19.2%	25.9%
High school graduate	63.0%	57.2%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matthews	Morehouse
Drove alone	87.0%	86.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matthews	Morehouse
1-unit, detached	69.5%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Matthews	Morehouse
Poverty rate	5.8%	18.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1977	1973