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Barry County, MO

34,831 Population
778.1 square miles 44.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,473 ±$2,950 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$56,611 ±$4,204 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

16.7% ±2.6% (5,714  ±881) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

23.4 minutes ±1.5 (317,995  ±25,599) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

13,360 ±414 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (34,571  ±6) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.4% ±1.4% (293  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

17,028 ±44 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$172,900 ±$10,733 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

11.7% ±2.2% (4,048  ±746.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

85.2% ±3.9% (20,814  ±955.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
13.4% ±1.8% (3,270  ±435.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.3% (1,512  ±252) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9% ±1.1% (2,409  ±290) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,409 Total veterans ±290 2,143 Male ±247 266 Female ±128

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