Matthews vs Parma

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

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

Parma has the higher population (552 vs 506 in Matthews). Parma has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $44,013 in Matthews). Matthews has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $35,800 in Parma).

Population, income & housing

	Matthews	Parma
Population	506	552
Median age	52.4 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,013	$63,500
Median home value	$101,800	$35,800
Median gross rent	$731	$670
Housing units	282	254
Homeownership rate	67.4%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matthews	Parma
Population	640 → 506 (-20.9%)	608 → 552 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$35,054 → $44,013 (+25.6%)	$24,231 → $63,500 (+162.1%)
Median home value	$74,500 → $101,800 (+36.6%)	$50,000 → $35,800 (-28.4%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $731 (+9.8%)	$816 → $670 (-17.9%)

Matthews

Population

640506

Median household income

$35,054$44,013

Median home value

$74,500$101,800

Median gross rent

$666$731

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)

	Matthews	Parma
Under 5	5.1%	9.6%
5 to 17	5.7%	19.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	5.1%	15.2%
45 to 54	19.2%	7.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	16.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.5%
75 and over	9.9%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matthews	Parma
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	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	6.5%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matthews	Parma
No high school diploma	19.2%	25.7%
High school graduate	63.0%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matthews	Parma
Drove alone	87.0%	79.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matthews	Parma
1-unit, detached	69.5%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Matthews	Parma
Poverty rate	5.8%	34.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1977	1967