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Mercer, MO

359 Population
0.4 square miles 976.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.2 ±10.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 40.8 ±1.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,572 ±$14,156 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Mercer County: $26,940 ±$2,100
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$39,583 ±$30,555 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mercer County: $60,357 † ±$10,789
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

6.4% ±2.6% (23  ±11) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 14.7% † 506 (±5.5% / ±188)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

21.6 minutes ±10.3 (4,325  ±1,429) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 24.3 † 30,405 (±2.7 / ±4,435)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

164 ±44 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 1,288 ±87
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.2 ±0.8 (359  ±91) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 2.7 3,429 (±0.2 / ±4)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

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

Housing

227 ±57 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 1,908 ±23
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$58,100 ±$7,349 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mercer County: $95,300 † ±$11,609
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

15.5% ±10.5% (55  ±39.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mercer County: 11% † 376 (±3.4% / ±115.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

94.9% ±34.2% (258  ±64.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 90.6% 2,157 (±6.5% / ±158)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
12.1% ±9.5% (33  ±27.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mercer County: 17.9% † 427 (±3.4% / ±81)
  • about two-fifths 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

4.2% ±5.8% (15  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mercer County: 3.3% 114
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

11.6% ±7.9% (33  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mercer County: 6.9% † 182 (±1.7% / ±46)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
33 Total veterans ±24 32 Male ±24 1 Female ±2

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