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Shell Knob, MO

1,486 Population
9.5 square miles 156.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.6 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Barry County: 43.4 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,079 ±$5,593 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Barry County: $31,611 ±$2,147
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,925 ±$10,861 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Barry County: $58,346 ±$2,677
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.7% ±8.9% (219  ±144) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Barry County: 15.2% † 5,228 (±2.3% / ±786)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.9 minutes ±15.6 (8,240  ±3,823) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Barry County: 23.8 315,465 (±1.5 / ±24,071)
  • about 90 percent of 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

758 ±168 Number of households
  • Barry County: 13,336 ±451
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.3 (1,486  ±398) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Barry County: 2.6 34,779 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,540 ±258 Number of housing units
  • Barry County: 17,063 ±35
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$321,700 ±$41,350 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Barry County: $187,800 ±$14,691
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.3% ±13.2% (242  ±207) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Barry County: 10.8% † 3,755 (±2.1% / ±738.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.9% ±28.9% (1,142  ±250.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Barry County: 86.1% 21,126 (±3.8% / ±936.4)
  • 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)
25% ±6.7% (318  ±113) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Barry County: 14.6% † 3,587 (±1.9% / ±472.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.9% ±1.3% (13  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Barry County: 4.8% 1,683
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±5.3% (122  ±79) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barry County: 8% † 2,165 (±0.9% / ±254)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
122 Total veterans ±79 115 Male ±76 7 Female ±11

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