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Caruthersville, MO

5,326 Population
5.2 square miles 1,032.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pemiscot County: 38.1 ±1.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$24,135 ±$4,025 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pemiscot County: $26,378 ±$2,270
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
$34,652 ±$4,619 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pemiscot County: $40,089 † ±$4,225
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325

31.4% ±7.5% (1,635  ±393) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Pemiscot County: 29.6% † 4,366 (±3.7% / ±539)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)

17.8 minutes ±2.5 (32,855  ±6,604) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pemiscot County: 20.6 109,015 (±1.9 / ±13,273)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)

Families

2,276 ±187 Number of households
  • Pemiscot County: 6,333 ±203
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
2.3 ±0.2 (5,212  ±46) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pemiscot County: 2.3 14,748 (±0.1 / ±4)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070

12.7% ±8% (148  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Pemiscot County: 6.6% † 211 (±3% / ±97)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)

Housing

2,640 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Pemiscot County: 7,501 ±26
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043

$107,700 ±$29,312 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pemiscot County: $97,000 ±$7,044
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880

9.2% ±3.5% (478  ±179.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pemiscot County: 14.6% † 2,149 (±2.9% / ±426.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)

Social

82.7% ±7.9% (2,925  ±353.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pemiscot County: 84.8% 8,409 (±4.8% / ±494)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
12% ±3.9% (425  ±142.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pemiscot County: 12.6% † 1,252 (±1.9% / ±189.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% ±1.1% (64  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Pemiscot County: 1.2% 175
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967

7.3% ±2.9% (294  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pemiscot County: 6.2% † 680 (±1.2% / ±135)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
294 Total veterans ±118 294 Male ±118 N/A Female ±17

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