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Princeton, MO

1,352 Population
1.6 square miles 850.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 42.4 ±3
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,134 ±$3,426 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Mercer County: $27,204 ±$2,329
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,558 ±$14,672 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $62,679 † ±$14,517
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18% ±9.9% (235  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mercer County: 13.5% † 461 (±5.4% / ±185)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.1 minutes ±2.6 (12,085  ±2,961) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 22.6 28,470 (±1.3 / ±3,225)
  • a little less than 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

507 ±76 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 1,302 ±85
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.5 (1,293  ±190) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 2.6 3,414 (±0.2 / ±5)
  • a little 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

8.8% ±6.6% (30  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mercer County: 12% † 81 (±6.8% / ±46)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

628 ±85 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 1,902 ±20
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$78,000 ±$11,721 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mercer County: $104,900 † ±$15,308
  • about one-third of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.2% ±4.4% (188  ±64) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 11.4% † 387 (±3.4% / ±116.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.7% ±7.6% (790  ±111.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 90.8% 2,147 (±6.6% / ±159.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.6% ±5.8% (164  ±53.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Mercer County: 18.2% † 429 (±3.5% / ±83.3)
  • 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

7.1% ±3.2% (96  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Mercer County: 3.6% 125
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±3.7% (70  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 8.5% † 223 (±2% / ±53)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
70 Total veterans ±38 66 Male ±38 4 Female ±6

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