Truesdale vs Wright City

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

Truesdale 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 978 in Truesdale). Wright City has the higher median household income ($74,833 vs $62,500 in Truesdale). Wright City has the higher median home value ($216,800 vs $199,500 in Truesdale).

Population, income & housing

	Truesdale	Wright City
Population	978	5,025
Median age	34.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$74,833
Median home value	$199,500	$216,800
Median gross rent	$950	$861
Housing units	362	1,864
Homeownership rate	71.0%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Truesdale	Wright City
Population	735 → 978 (+33.1%)	3,810 → 5,025 (+31.9%)
Median household income	$32,083 → $62,500 (+94.8%)	$61,574 → $74,833 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$93,600 → $199,500 (+113.1%)	$147,500 → $216,800 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $950 (+16.3%)	$784 → $861 (+9.8%)

Truesdale

Population

735978

Median household income

$32,083$62,500

Median home value

$93,600$199,500

Median gross rent

$817$950

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)

	Truesdale	Wright City
Under 5	7.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	24.5%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	7.8%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.4%
75 and over	0.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Truesdale	Wright City
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	77.9%
Black or African American	5.2%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Truesdale	Wright City
No high school diploma	14.3%	21.3%
High school graduate	42.6%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Truesdale	Wright City
Drove alone	84.3%	70.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	9.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Truesdale	Wright City
1-unit, detached	51.4%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.5%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Truesdale	Wright City
Poverty rate	12.3%	4.8%
Average household size	2.93	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	2001	2006