Linn vs Meta

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

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

Linn has the higher population (1,302 vs 128 in Meta). Linn has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $41,563 in Meta). Linn has the higher median home value ($157,400 vs $93,800 in Meta).

Population, income & housing

	Linn	Meta
Population	1,302	128
Median age	31.2 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$41,563
Median home value	$157,400	$93,800
Median gross rent	$691	$529
Housing units	710	85
Homeownership rate	52.1%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linn	Meta
Population	1,492 → 1,302 (-12.7%)	204 → 128 (-37.3%)
Median household income	$46,719 → $43,750 (-6.4%)	$50,682 → $41,563 (-18.0%)
Median home value	$112,200 → $157,400 (+40.3%)	$75,800 → $93,800 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$574 → $691 (+20.4%)	$465 → $529 (+13.8%)

Linn

Population

1,4921,302

Median household income

$46,719$43,750

Median home value

$112,200$157,400

Median gross rent

$574$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linn	Meta
Under 5	6.4%	0.8%
5 to 17	19.7%	9.4%
18 to 24	13.2%	4.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	17.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	19.5%
65 to 74	5.6%	17.2%
75 and over	9.5%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linn	Meta
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	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	3.1%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linn	Meta
No high school diploma	11.1%	17.4%
High school graduate	40.5%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linn	Meta
Drove alone	69.4%	96.3%
Carpooled	17.4%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linn	Meta
1-unit, detached	54.5%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	22.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Linn	Meta
Poverty rate	22.9%	13.3%
Average household size	2.30	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1974	1955