Marthasville vs Truesdale

A side-by-side comparison of Marthasville and Truesdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Marthasville has the higher population (2,587 vs 978 in Truesdale). Marthasville has the higher median household income ($114,950 vs $62,500 in Truesdale). Truesdale has the higher median home value ($199,500 vs $165,400 in Marthasville).

Population, income & housing

	Marthasville	Truesdale
Population	2,587	978
Median age	30.2 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$114,950	$62,500
Median home value	$165,400	$199,500
Median gross rent	$1,065	$950
Housing units	778	362
Homeownership rate	85.5%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marthasville	Truesdale
Population	1,357 → 2,587 (+90.6%)	735 → 978 (+33.1%)
Median household income	$70,855 → $114,950 (+62.2%)	$32,083 → $62,500 (+94.8%)
Median home value	$141,700 → $165,400 (+16.7%)	$93,600 → $199,500 (+113.1%)
Median gross rent	$814 → $1,065 (+30.8%)	$817 → $950 (+16.3%)

Marthasville

Population

1,3572,587

Median household income

$70,855$114,950

Median home value

$141,700$165,400

Median gross rent

$814$1,065

Truesdale

Population

735978

Median household income

$32,083$62,500

Median home value

$93,600$199,500

Median gross rent

$817$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marthasville	Truesdale
Under 5	4.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	29.6%	24.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	17.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	5.6%	17.1%
65 to 74	5.0%	6.2%
75 and over	1.8%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marthasville	Truesdale
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	82.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marthasville	Truesdale
No high school diploma	4.2%	14.3%
High school graduate	37.9%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marthasville	Truesdale
Drove alone	83.3%	84.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marthasville	Truesdale
1-unit, detached	87.5%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	34.5%

Poverty & households

	Marthasville	Truesdale
Poverty rate	1.0%	12.3%
Average household size	3.44	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	1986	2001