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West Plains, MO Urban Area

11,862 Population
10.2 square miles 1,157.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,834 ±$2,184 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,868 ±$6,503 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.8% ±7.1% (3,053  ±821) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±4.5 (102,380  ±23,444) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,908 ±315 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (11,321  ±424) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±3.6% (196  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,572 ±299 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$165,100 ±$16,078 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.5% ±4.2% (1,461  ±496.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.6% ±8% (6,721  ±702.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17% ±4.4% (1,333  ±347.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

0.3% ±0.3% (40  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.1% ±2.9% (727  ±262) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
727 Total veterans ±262 694 Male ±258 33 Female ±42

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