Pendleton vs Wright City

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

Pendleton 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 33 in Pendleton). Pendleton has the higher median household income ($108,250 vs $74,833 in Wright City). Pendleton has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $216,800 in Wright City).

Population, income & housing

	Pendleton	Wright City
Population	33	5,025
Median age	23.7 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,250	$74,833
Median home value	$225,000	$216,800
Median gross rent	—	$861
Housing units	15	1,864
Homeownership rate	53.3%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pendleton	Wright City
Population	29 → 33 (+13.8%)	3,810 → 5,025 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $108,250 (+113.8%)	$61,574 → $74,833 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $225,000 (+0.0%)	$147,500 → $216,800 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$784 → $861 (+9.8%)

Pendleton

Population

2933

Median household income

$50,625$108,250

Median home value

$225,000$225,000

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)

	Pendleton	Wright City
Under 5	18.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	36.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	24.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	3.0%	17.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.1%	7.4%
75 and over	0.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pendleton	Wright City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pendleton	Wright City
No high school diploma	20.0%	21.3%
High school graduate	40.0%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pendleton	Wright City
Drove alone	75.0%	70.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	9.9%
Other means	4.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pendleton	Wright City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Pendleton	Wright City
Poverty rate	6.3%	4.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1968	2006