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Potosi, MO

2,542 Population
2.3 square miles 1,091.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington County: 40.2 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,901 ±$2,528 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington County: $28,855 † ±$4,344
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$37,055 ±$6,857 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington County: $51,886 ±$4,268
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

24.6% ±11.1% (587  ±265) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington County: 18.2% † 4,095 (±3.9% / ±868)
  • about double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

25 minutes ±5.1 (22,000  ±6,064) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Washington County: 35.9 311,815 (±2.6 / ±30,154)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

1,031 ±113 Number of households
  • Washington County: 8,864 ±285
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.3 ±0.3 (2,382  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington County: 2.5 22,524 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

7.1% ±9.2% (41  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington County: 11% † 528 (±4.6% / ±218)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

1,249 ±128 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 10,736 ±25
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$101,100 ±$12,919 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington County: $118,400 ±$9,432
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

14.6% ±8.1% (369  ±206.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Washington County: 9.3% † 2,170 (±2.4% / ±555)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

85.2% ±9.4% (1,427  ±203.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington County: 83.2% 13,632 (±4.4% / ±720.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
14% ±4.9% (234  ±84.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Washington County: 12.4% † 2,031 (±2.3% / ±375.9)
  • 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

0.5% ±0.6% (13  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Washington County: 0.8% 186
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

6.6% ±2.7% (126  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington County: 8.5% † 1,532 (±1.5% / ±274)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
126 Total veterans ±52 118 Male ±49 8 Female ±14

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