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Sedalia, MO

21,869 Population
14.3 square miles 1,530.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: 37.9 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,846 ±$2,058 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: $30,954 ±$1,385
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$50,668 ±$2,644 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: $60,232 ±$2,670
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

17.2% ±2.7% (3,674  ±583) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: 13.4% † 5,714 (±1.9% / ±785)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

16.6 minutes ±1.6 (161,305  ±17,471) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: 19.4 363,960 (±1.1 / ±23,730)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

9,072 ±275 Number of households
  • the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: 16,937 ±304
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.4 ±0.1 (21,308  ±40) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: 2.5 42,263 (±0 / ±26)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

6.5% ±2.2% (331  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: 7.3% † 686 (±2% / ±185)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

9,951 ±240 Number of housing units
  • the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: 18,608 ±43
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$136,500 ±$10,135 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: $161,500 ±$6,064
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

15% ±2.4% (3,222  ±525.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: 10.7% † 4,542 (±1.5% / ±618.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

84.7% ±4.4% (12,059  ±670.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: 87.2% 25,016 (±3.1% / ±892.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
17% ±2.1% (2,421  ±302.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: 18.6% 5,342 (±1.5% / ±428.2)
  • about half 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

8.2% ±1.7% (1,793  ±372) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: 6.8% 2,949
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

9.5% ±1.1% (1,546  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Sedalia, MO Micro Area: 9.4% 3,025 (±0.9% / ±285)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
1,546 Total veterans ±186 1,470 Male ±188 76 Female ±45

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