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Monroe County, MO

8,734 Population
647.6 square miles 13.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,426 ±$1,595 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,516 ±$6,305 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.2% ±4% (1,216  ±342) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.8 minutes ±2.3 (87,610  ±9,385) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,468 ±138 Number of households
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (8,562  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±2.9% (78  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,467 ±22 Number of housing units
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$149,300 ±$15,919 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.3% ±1.8% (461  ±154) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±5.6% (5,714  ±351.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.9% ±2.9% (1,172  ±177.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1% (84  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±1.9% (629  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
629 Total veterans ±126 582 Male ±111 47 Female ±29

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