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Vandalia, MO

3,260 Population
2.2 square miles 1,453 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Mexico, MO Micro Area: 40.3 ±1.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,932 ±$1,973 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mexico, MO Micro Area: $28,068 ±$1,593
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$58,649 ±$16,679 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Mexico, MO Micro Area: $56,232 ±$4,379
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

15.8% ±7.3% (372  ±171) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mexico, MO Micro Area: 18% † 4,231 (±2.8% / ±651)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

21 minutes ±2.7 (25,125  ±4,183) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Mexico, MO Micro Area: 21.2 210,580 (±1.2 / ±15,480)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

972 ±108 Number of households
  • the Mexico, MO Micro Area: 8,991 ±229
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.4 ±0.3 (2,347  ±45) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mexico, MO Micro Area: 2.6 23,357 (±0.1 / ±42)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

4.4% ±3.2% (50  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Mexico, MO Micro Area: 9.8% † 579 (±2.7% / ±157)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

1,184 ±111 Number of housing units
  • the Mexico, MO Micro Area: 10,566 ±37
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$75,600 ±$10,073 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Mexico, MO Micro Area: $121,600 ±$7,004
  • about one-third of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

21.4% ±4.2% (695  ±137.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Mexico, MO Micro Area: 13% † 3,159 (±2.2% / ±523.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

84.7% ±10.1% (2,133  ±270) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Mexico, MO Micro Area: 88.5% 15,187 (±4.5% / ±785.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
8.5% ±2.9% (215  ±73.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Mexico, MO Micro Area: 16.1% † 2,768 (±1.8% / ±312)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.9% ±0.8% (30  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Mexico, MO Micro Area: 1.6% 398
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

4.9% ±1.9% (138  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Mexico, MO Micro Area: 7.6% † 1,440 (±1.1% / ±209)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
138 Total veterans ±52 122 Male ±50 16 Female ±21

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