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La Plata, MO

1,351 Population
1.6 square miles 850.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Macon County: 43.5 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,569 ±$4,248 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Macon County: $30,350 ±$1,512
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,000 ±$12,187 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Macon County: $62,357 ±$5,108
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.1% ±5.5% (120  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Macon County: 9.5% † 1,423 (±1.9% / ±288)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±3.1 (11,180  ±2,611) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Macon County: 22.1 130,645 (±1.2 / ±10,026)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

550 ±79 Number of households
  • Macon County: 6,067 ±200
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (1,315  ±193) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Macon County: 2.5 14,949 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

674 ±103 Number of housing units
  • Macon County: 7,419 ±32
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$105,800 ±$17,645 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Macon County: $149,100 ±$9,371
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±3.3% (125  ±48.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Macon County: 9% † 1,348 (±1.8% / ±274.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.3% ±18.5% (868  ±120.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Macon County: 92.2% 9,721 (±4.2% / ±443.7)
  • 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)
14.2% ±4.2% (132  ±43.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Macon County: 19.4% † 2,043 (±2.1% / ±223.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about two-fifths of 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

2.2% ±1.9% (29  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Macon County: 0.7% 100
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.1% ±2.6% (56  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Macon County: 6.7% † 782 (±1.1% / ±126)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
56 Total veterans ±30 56 Male ±30 N/A Female ±12

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