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Essex, MO

373 Population
0.3 square miles 1,291.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±13.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Stoddard County: 41.9 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,829 ±$5,718 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Stoddard County: $27,411 ±$1,358
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$63,854 ±$10,060 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Stoddard County: $54,067 ±$4,113
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

17.3% ±9.5% (64  ±40) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Stoddard County: 17% † 4,768 (±2.8% / ±789)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

20.4 minutes ±3.1 (4,740  ±2,055) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Stoddard County: 22.9 263,375 (±1.2 / ±17,711)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

167 ±56 Number of households
  • Stoddard County: 11,393 ±250
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.2 ±1 (373  ±112) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Stoddard County: 2.5 28,115 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

2.3% ±3.2% (2  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Stoddard County: 7.7% † 468 (±2.4% / ±148)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

259 ±99 Number of housing units
  • Stoddard County: 13,398 ±38
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$115,600 ±$51,715 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Stoddard County: $135,400 ±$9,303
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

8.6% ±5.8% (32  ±23.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Stoddard County: 13.2% † 3,700 (±2.8% / ±786.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

77.4% ±9.4% (212  ±76.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Stoddard County: 82.4% 16,491 (±3.7% / ±737.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
4.4% ±11.3% (12  ±31.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Stoddard County: 16.4% † 3,279 (±1.9% / ±388.5)
  • less than a fifth 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

N/A Foreign-born population

16.1% ±15.9% (48  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Stoddard County: 9.6% † 2,121 (±1.3% / ±290)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
48 Total veterans ±50 46 Male ±50 2 Female ±4

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