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Kirksville, MO

17,493 Population
14.4 square miles 1,216 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.1 ±1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 31.1 ±0.7
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,895 ±$6,370 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: $32,340 † ±$3,890
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$48,063 ±$7,235 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: $56,468 ±$3,921
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

27.2% ±3.3% (4,232  ±510) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 19.5% † 5,332 (±2.3% / ±639)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

13.7 minutes ±1.3 (88,590  ±10,911) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 17.3 194,440 (±1 / ±14,969)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

6,066 ±289 Number of households
  • the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 10,162 ±317
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.5 ±0.1 (15,425  ±63) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 2.7 27,159 (±0.1 / ±48)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

6.3% ±2.3% (357  ±132) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 5.6% † 452 (±1.7% / ±139)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

7,546 ±187 Number of housing units
  • the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 13,286 ±57
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$145,300 ±$9,996 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: $155,500 ±$8,297
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

21.4% ±3.6% (3,700  ±616.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 15.2% † 4,385 (±2.3% / ±657.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

92.7% ±6% (8,127  ±577.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 92.9% 15,468 (±4.1% / ±694.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
37.9% ±4% (3,326  ±363.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 31.2% 5,197 (±2.6% / ±434.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

5.9% ±1.8% (1,024  ±306) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 3.8% 1,111
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

3.8% ±1.1% (540  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 4.7% † 1,107 (±0.9% / ±206)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
540 Total veterans ±161 472 Male ±139 68 Female ±51

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