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Kirksville, MO

17,563 Population
14.4 square miles 1,220.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 31.5 ±0.6
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,582 ±$4,857 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: $33,117 ±$3,168
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,071 ±$6,150 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: $61,485 ±$4,373
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.2% ±3.4% (4,433  ±537) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 20% 5,499 (±2% / ±539)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.7 minutes ±1.5 (83,635  ±12,113) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 17 193,795 (±1 / ±15,212)
  • about half the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,251 ±292 Number of households
  • the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 10,433 ±326
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (15,597  ±54) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 2.6 27,334 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • 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

5.9% ±2.3% (336  ±133) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 5.9% † 474 (±1.8% / ±142)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,609 ±197 Number of housing units
  • the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 13,288 ±41
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$153,900 ±$14,870 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: $162,200 ±$8,557
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.5% ±3.6% (3,564  ±618.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 14.3% † 4,128 (±2.2% / ±628.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±6% (8,172  ±584) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 93.3% 15,638 (±4.1% / ±693.6)
  • 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)
40.3% ±4.3% (3,504  ±387.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 31.8% 5,333 (±2.7% / ±455.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

7.5% ±1.6% (1,324  ±282) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 4.8% 1,409
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.7% ±1.3% (529  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kirksville, MO Micro Area: 4.9% † 1,142 (±1% / ±225)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
529 Total veterans ±182 472 Male ±165 57 Female ±54

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