Meta vs Westphalia

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

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

Westphalia has the higher population (493 vs 128 in Meta). Westphalia has the higher median household income ($62,438 vs $41,563 in Meta). Westphalia has the higher median home value ($215,700 vs $93,800 in Meta).

Population, income & housing

	Meta	Westphalia
Population	128	493
Median age	54.4 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,563	$62,438
Median home value	$93,800	$215,700
Median gross rent	$529	$606
Housing units	85	203
Homeownership rate	72.0%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meta	Westphalia
Population	204 → 128 (-37.3%)	345 → 493 (+42.9%)
Median household income	$50,682 → $41,563 (-18.0%)	$36,875 → $62,438 (+69.3%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $93,800 (+23.7%)	$143,300 → $215,700 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$465 → $529 (+13.8%)	$479 → $606 (+26.5%)

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meta	Westphalia
Under 5	0.8%	17.8%
5 to 17	9.4%	7.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	32.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	2.4%
45 to 54	17.2%	5.3%
55 to 64	19.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	17.2%	7.3%
75 and over	10.9%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meta	Westphalia
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	94.3%
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	9.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meta	Westphalia
No high school diploma	17.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	45.0%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meta	Westphalia
Drove alone	96.3%	84.7%
Carpooled	3.7%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meta	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	77.6%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meta	Westphalia
Poverty rate	13.3%	3.7%
Average household size	1.71	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1955	1958