Josephville vs New Melle

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

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

Josephville has the higher population (646 vs 510 in New Melle). Josephville has the higher median household income ($111,875 vs $103,750 in New Melle). Josephville has the higher median home value ($478,100 vs $407,100 in New Melle).

Population, income & housing

	Josephville	New Melle
Population	646	510
Median age	46.3 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$111,875	$103,750
Median home value	$478,100	$407,100
Median gross rent	$778	$775
Housing units	242	216
Homeownership rate	81.7%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.8%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Josephville	New Melle
Population	472 → 646 (+36.9%)	508 → 510 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$93,563 → $111,875 (+19.6%)	$88,750 → $103,750 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$273,500 → $478,100 (+74.8%)	$303,100 → $407,100 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $778 (+13.1%)	$1,125 → $775 (-31.1%)

Josephville

Population

472646

Median household income

$93,563$111,875

Median home value

$273,500$478,100

Median gross rent

$688$778

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)

	Josephville	New Melle
Under 5	1.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	26.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	3.1%
25 to 34	5.7%	6.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	21.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	14.5%
75 and over	5.0%	20.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Josephville	New Melle
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	89.6%
Black or African American	13.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	8.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Josephville	New Melle
No high school diploma	5.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	27.6%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Josephville	New Melle
Drove alone	61.6%	86.5%
Carpooled	3.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.3%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Josephville	New Melle
1-unit, detached	84.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Josephville	New Melle
Poverty rate	17.5%	3.3%
Average household size	2.75	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1999	2001