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Potosi, MO

2,544 Population
2.3 square miles 1,092.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington County: 40.7 ±1.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,651 ±$3,382 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington County: $29,137 † ±$4,551
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,846 ±$11,942 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Washington County: $56,043 † ±$6,053
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25% ±9.6% (594  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Washington County: 17.4% † 3,911 (±3% / ±685)
  • about double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.7 minutes ±6.3 (31,625  ±8,436) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Washington County: 38.4 332,685 (±2.9 / ±31,290)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,059 ±111 Number of households
  • Washington County: 8,920 ±359
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (2,378  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Washington County: 2.5 22,510 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.4% ±7.6% (40  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Washington County: 11% † 518 (±3.8% / ±180)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,248 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Washington County: 10,734 ±32
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$110,100 ±$25,836 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Washington County: $129,400 † ±$14,590
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.8% ±8% (350  ±203.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Washington County: 7.4% † 1,714 (±1.8% / ±407.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87% ±9.7% (1,458  ±213.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Washington County: 85.5% 13,915 (±4.7% / ±760.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9% ±3.8% (151  ±64.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Washington County: 11.7% † 1,907 (±2.1% / ±345)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.1% ±0.2% (2  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Washington County: 0.8% 182
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±2.7% (118  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Washington County: 7.6% † 1,363 (±1.4% / ±252)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
118 Total veterans ±53 112 Male ±49 6 Female ±10

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