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Lamar, MO

4,290 Population
5.2 square miles 822.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Barton County: 40.6 ±1
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,721 ±$3,373 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Barton County: $25,518 ±$2,355
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$34,894 ±$9,113 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Barton County: $49,503 † ±$5,066
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

33.3% ±11.3% (1,392  ±474) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Barton County: 22.2% † 2,559 (±4.4% / ±511)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

22.4 minutes ±4.7 (33,325  ±9,914) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Barton County: 24.5 102,890 (±2 / ±12,840)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

1,666 ±136 Number of households
  • Barton County: 4,425 ±203
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.5 ±0.2 (4,173  ±31) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Barton County: 2.6 11,564 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

8.2% ±8.1% (80  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Barton County: 8.4% † 203 (±4% / ±96)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

2,046 ±153 Number of housing units
  • Barton County: 5,295 ±24
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$114,800 ±$16,536 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Barton County: $136,000 † ±$23,337
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

9.3% ±5.2% (390  ±220.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barton County: 10% † 1,146 (±2.6% / ±296.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

87.1% ±12% (2,600  ±376.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barton County: 86.1% 6,930 (±6% / ±488.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
16% ±5.7% (477  ±172.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barton County: 18% † 1,446 (±2.9% / ±230.3)
  • about half 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% ±0.1% (1  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Barton County: 0.4% 41
  • Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

7.7% ±3.3% (252  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Barton County: 6.2% † 552 (±1.4% / ±127)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
252 Total veterans ±107 252 Male ±107 N/A Female ±12

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