Defiance vs New Melle

A side-by-side comparison of Defiance and New Melle: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Melle has the higher population (510 vs 80 in Defiance). Defiance has the higher median household income ($199,519 vs $103,750 in New Melle). Since 2019, New Melle's population has grown faster (+0.4% vs -14.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	New Melle
Population	80	510
Median age	59.3 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$199,519	$103,750
Median home value	—	$407,100
Median gross rent	—	$775
Housing units	39	216
Homeownership rate	76.9%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	New Melle
Population	93 → 80 (-14.0%)	508 → 510 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$53,015 → $199,519 (+276.3%)	$88,750 → $103,750 (+16.9%)
Median home value	—	$303,100 → $407,100 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,125 → $775 (-31.1%)

Defiance

Population

9380

Median household income

$53,015$199,519

New Melle

Population

508510

Median household income

$88,750$103,750

Median home value

$303,100$407,100

Median gross rent

$1,125$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	New Melle
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	23.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	53.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	14.5%
75 and over	22.5%	20.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	New Melle
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	New Melle
No high school diploma	12.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	43.8%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	New Melle
Drove alone	100.0%	86.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	New Melle
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	New Melle
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1998	2001