Chamois vs Meta

A side-by-side comparison of Chamois and Meta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chamois has the higher population (417 vs 128 in Meta). Meta has the higher median household income ($41,563 vs $37,857 in Chamois). Meta has the higher median home value ($93,800 vs $57,000 in Chamois).

Population, income & housing

	Chamois	Meta
Population	417	128
Median age	39.7 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,857	$41,563
Median home value	$57,000	$93,800
Median gross rent	$705	$529
Housing units	224	85
Homeownership rate	79.7%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chamois	Meta
Population	495 → 417 (-15.8%)	204 → 128 (-37.3%)
Median household income	$45,500 → $37,857 (-16.8%)	$50,682 → $41,563 (-18.0%)
Median home value	$46,400 → $57,000 (+22.8%)	$75,800 → $93,800 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$533 → $705 (+32.3%)	$465 → $529 (+13.8%)

Chamois

Population

495417

Median household income

$45,500$37,857

Median home value

$46,400$57,000

Median gross rent

$533$705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chamois	Meta
Under 5	6.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	17.7%	9.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	17.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	17.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	19.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	17.2%
75 and over	8.6%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chamois	Meta
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chamois	Meta
No high school diploma	9.9%	17.4%
High school graduate	54.4%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chamois	Meta
Drove alone	58.1%	96.3%
Carpooled	23.5%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	8.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chamois	Meta
1-unit, detached	83.5%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chamois	Meta
Poverty rate	26.9%	13.3%
Average household size	2.42	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1955	1955