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Paris, MO

1,587 Population
1.3 square miles 1,256 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±9.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 45.7 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,779 ±$4,122 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Monroe County: $29,426 ±$1,595
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,487 ±$14,481 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Monroe County: $54,516 † ±$6,305
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8% ±2.9% (118  ±49) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 14.2% † 1,216 (±4% / ±342)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21 minutes ±4.2 (14,225  ±4,484) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Monroe County: 25.8 87,610 (±2.3 / ±9,385)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

571 ±103 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 3,468 ±138
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (1,476  ±320) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Monroe County: 2.5 8,562 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 10 percent 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

14.8% ±12% (31  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Monroe County: 5% † 78 (±2.9% / ±45)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

668 ±101 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 4,467 ±22
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$131,200 ±$15,674 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $149,300 † ±$15,919
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.2% ±3% (97  ±51.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 5.3% † 461 (±1.8% / ±154)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±21.7% (1,014  ±153.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Monroe County: 92% 5,714 (±5.6% / ±351.5)
  • a little higher than 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)
19.3% ±6% (206  ±73.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 18.9% † 1,172 (±2.9% / ±177.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about half 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

0.6% ±0.9% (9  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 1% 84
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±3.2% (98  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 9.3% † 629 (±1.9% / ±126)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
98 Total veterans ±40 98 Male ±40 N/A Female ±12

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