Marthasville vs Wright City

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

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

Wright City has the higher population (5,025 vs 2,587 in Marthasville). Marthasville has the higher median household income ($114,950 vs $74,833 in Wright City). Wright City has the higher median home value ($216,800 vs $165,400 in Marthasville).

Population, income & housing

	Marthasville	Wright City
Population	2,587	5,025
Median age	30.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$114,950	$74,833
Median home value	$165,400	$216,800
Median gross rent	$1,065	$861
Housing units	778	1,864
Homeownership rate	85.5%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marthasville	Wright City
Population	1,357 → 2,587 (+90.6%)	3,810 → 5,025 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$70,855 → $114,950 (+62.2%)	$61,574 → $74,833 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$141,700 → $165,400 (+16.7%)	$147,500 → $216,800 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$814 → $1,065 (+30.8%)	$784 → $861 (+9.8%)

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

Wright City

Population

3,8105,025

Median household income

$61,574$74,833

Median home value

$147,500$216,800

Median gross rent

$784$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marthasville	Wright City
Under 5	4.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	29.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	17.0%
45 to 54	17.5%	7.8%
55 to 64	5.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	5.0%	7.4%
75 and over	1.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marthasville	Wright City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	77.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marthasville	Wright City
No high school diploma	4.2%	21.3%
High school graduate	37.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marthasville	Wright City
Drove alone	83.3%	70.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	19.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marthasville	Wright City
1-unit, detached	87.5%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Marthasville	Wright City
Poverty rate	1.0%	4.8%
Average household size	3.44	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1986	2006