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Charleston, MO

4,565 Population
4.8 square miles 951.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 40.1 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$16,671 ±$2,354 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $29,977 ±$1,480
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$35,139 ±$17,529 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $55,225 ±$2,545
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

31.4% ±9.7% (1,013  ±313) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 16.4% † 7,832 (±1.7% / ±812)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

19.5 minutes ±3.2 (23,890  ±5,908) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 19.9 410,270 (±0.9 / ±22,708)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

1,314 ±123 Number of households
  • the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 19,722 ±385
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.5 ±0.2 (3,218  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 2.4 48,056 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

5.3% ±4.3% (41  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 6.5% † 691 (±2.1% / ±226)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

1,477 ±129 Number of housing units
  • the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 22,115 ±45
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$107,700 ±$14,662 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $128,800 ±$7,887
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

13.1% ±4% (591  ±181.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 12.2% † 6,049 (±1.8% / ±892.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

82.3% ±8.1% (2,759  ±296.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 85.3% 29,207 (±3.2% / ±1,105.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
10.4% ±3.6% (347  ±120.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 19.8% 6,772 (±1.6% / ±560.4)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

0.5% ±0.6% (24  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 0.9% 425
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

3.2% ±1.6% (117  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 6.1% † 2,319 (±0.9% / ±347)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
117 Total veterans ±58 117 Male ±58 N/A Female ±12

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