Morehouse vs Parma

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

Morehouse and Parma 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 552 in Parma). Parma has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $32,250 in Morehouse). Morehouse has the higher median home value ($60,000 vs $35,800 in Parma).

Population, income & housing

	Morehouse	Parma
Population	751	552
Median age	44.6 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,250	$63,500
Median home value	$60,000	$35,800
Median gross rent	$550	$670
Housing units	418	254
Homeownership rate	58.1%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morehouse	Parma
Population	1,001 → 751 (-25.0%)	608 → 552 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$29,491 → $32,250 (+9.4%)	$24,231 → $63,500 (+162.1%)
Median home value	$51,500 → $60,000 (+16.5%)	$50,000 → $35,800 (-28.4%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $550 (+0.2%)	$816 → $670 (-17.9%)

Morehouse

Population

1,001751

Median household income

$29,491$32,250

Median home value

$51,500$60,000

Median gross rent

$549$550

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)

	Morehouse	Parma
Under 5	6.5%	9.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	7.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.5%
65 to 74	14.2%	10.5%
75 and over	7.6%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morehouse	Parma
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	44.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	7.3%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morehouse	Parma
No high school diploma	25.9%	25.7%
High school graduate	57.2%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	12.6%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morehouse	Parma
Drove alone	86.2%	79.5%
Carpooled	12.3%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morehouse	Parma
1-unit, detached	67.7%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Morehouse	Parma
Poverty rate	18.4%	34.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1973	1967