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Shell Knob, MO

1,445 Population
9.5 square miles 152.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.5 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Barry County: 43 ±0.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,463 ±$6,387 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Barry County: $31,473 ±$2,950
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$51,852 ±$19,689 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barry County: $56,611 ±$4,204
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

16.5% ±10.8% (239  ±174) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Barry County: 16.7% † 5,714 (±2.6% / ±881)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

19.2 minutes ±13.6 (8,660  ±3,758) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Barry County: 23.4 317,995 (±1.5 / ±25,599)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

686 ±179 Number of households
  • Barry County: 13,360 ±414
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.1 ±0.4 (1,445  ±460) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Barry County: 2.6 34,571 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,471 ±251 Number of housing units
  • Barry County: 17,028 ±44
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$304,700 ±$59,139 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Barry County: $172,900 ±$10,733
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

15.3% ±9% (221  ±148.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Barry County: 11.7% † 4,048 (±2.2% / ±746.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

90.2% ±33.2% (1,074  ±245.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Barry County: 85.2% 20,814 (±3.9% / ±955.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
20.2% ±4.8% (240  ±90) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Barry County: 13.4% † 3,270 (±1.8% / ±435.3)
  • about three-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

1% ±1.5% (15  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Barry County: 4.3% 1,512
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

10.2% ±5.1% (131  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barry County: 9% † 2,409 (±1.1% / ±290)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
131 Total veterans ±77 124 Male ±76 7 Female ±10

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