Flint Hill vs New Melle

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

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

Flint Hill has the higher population (980 vs 510 in New Melle). New Melle has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $79,688 in Flint Hill). New Melle has the higher median home value ($407,100 vs $379,800 in Flint Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Flint Hill	New Melle
Population	980	510
Median age	46.2 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,688	$103,750
Median home value	$379,800	$407,100
Median gross rent	$1,124	$775
Housing units	422	216
Homeownership rate	73.3%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flint Hill	New Melle
Population	946 → 980 (+3.6%)	508 → 510 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$83,922 → $79,688 (-5.0%)	$88,750 → $103,750 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$276,600 → $379,800 (+37.3%)	$303,100 → $407,100 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,124 (+15.3%)	$1,125 → $775 (-31.1%)

Flint Hill

Population

946980

Median household income

$83,922$79,688

Median home value

$276,600$379,800

Median gross rent

$975$1,124

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)

	Flint Hill	New Melle
Under 5	4.8%	1.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	3.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	16.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	15.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	14.5%
75 and over	6.5%	20.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flint Hill	New Melle
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	19.9%	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	1.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flint Hill	New Melle
No high school diploma	13.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	26.8%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flint Hill	New Melle
Drove alone	81.1%	86.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	9.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flint Hill	New Melle
1-unit, detached	97.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flint Hill	New Melle
Poverty rate	3.5%	3.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1996	2001