Commerce vs Perkins

A side-by-side comparison of Commerce and Perkins: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Perkins has the higher population (149 vs 147 in Commerce). Commerce has the higher median home value ($80,500 vs $65,800 in Perkins). Since 2019, Commerce's population has grown faster (+9.7% vs -50.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Commerce	Perkins
Population	147	149
Median age	28.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median home value	$80,500	$65,800
Median gross rent	—	$933
Housing units	46	56
Homeownership rate	91.2%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Commerce	Perkins
Population	134 → 147 (+9.7%)	301 → 149 (-50.5%)
Median household income	—	$75,333 → $46,625 (-38.1%)
Median home value	$53,300 → $80,500 (+51.0%)	$73,000 → $65,800 (-9.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$725 → $933 (+28.7%)

Commerce

Population

134147

Median home value

$53,300$80,500

Perkins

Population

301149

Median household income

$75,333$46,625

Median home value

$73,000$65,800

Median gross rent

$725$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Commerce	Perkins
Under 5	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	28.9%
18 to 24	12.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	23.8%	8.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	27.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	6.8%	0.0%
65 to 74	1.4%	17.4%
75 and over	11.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Commerce	Perkins
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Commerce	Perkins
No high school diploma	23.4%	10.4%
High school graduate	57.4%	67.0%
Some college or associate's	10.6%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Commerce	Perkins
Drove alone	92.6%	66.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	20.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Commerce	Perkins
1-unit, detached	84.8%	46.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	33.9%

Poverty & households

	Commerce	Perkins
Poverty rate	13.6%	4.0%
Average household size	4.32	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	58	—
Median year structure built	1938	1972