Matthews vs Risco

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

Matthews and Risco 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 243 in Risco). Matthews has the higher median household income ($44,013 vs $43,125 in Risco). Matthews has the higher median home value ($101,800 vs $72,700 in Risco).

Population, income & housing

	Matthews	Risco
Population	506	243
Median age	52.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,013	$43,125
Median home value	$101,800	$72,700
Median gross rent	$731	$668
Housing units	282	152
Homeownership rate	67.4%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.5%	1.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matthews	Risco
Population	640 → 506 (-20.9%)	392 → 243 (-38.0%)
Median household income	$35,054 → $44,013 (+25.6%)	$43,125 → $43,125 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$74,500 → $101,800 (+36.6%)	$61,000 → $72,700 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $731 (+9.8%)	$715 → $668 (-6.6%)

Matthews

Population

640506

Median household income

$35,054$44,013

Median home value

$74,500$101,800

Median gross rent

$666$731

Risco

Population

392243

Median household income

$43,125$43,125

Median home value

$61,000$72,700

Median gross rent

$715$668

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Matthews	Risco
Under 5	5.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	5.7%	22.6%
18 to 24	11.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	5.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	19.2%	16.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	7.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	19.8%
75 and over	9.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matthews	Risco
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	6.5%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matthews	Risco
No high school diploma	19.2%	13.3%
High school graduate	63.0%	62.4%
Some college or associate's	15.2%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matthews	Risco
Drove alone	87.0%	97.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matthews	Risco
1-unit, detached	69.5%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	16.4%

Poverty & households

	Matthews	Risco
Poverty rate	5.8%	24.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1977	1967