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Nevada, MO

7,925 Population
9.1 square miles 873.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vernon County: 41.9 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$22,811 ±$2,199 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vernon County: $25,885 ±$1,341
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
$42,813 ±$5,440 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vernon County: $52,230 ±$3,655
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325

27.8% ±8.1% (2,029  ±605) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Vernon County: 18.8% † 3,574 (±3.6% / ±685)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)

14 minutes ±2.1 (42,985  ±8,228) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Vernon County: 19.4 141,935 (±1.4 / ±13,173)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)

Families

3,365 ±243 Number of households
  • Vernon County: 7,754 ±239
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
2.2 ±0.2 (7,296  ±489) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vernon County: 2.5 19,054 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070

4.6% ±3.6% (90  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Vernon County: 4.6% † 187 (±2.2% / ±91)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)

Housing

3,935 ±213 Number of housing units
  • Vernon County: 8,928 ±55
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043

$122,700 ±$28,800 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vernon County: $158,800 ±$8,409
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880

20.7% ±5% (1,623  ±401.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vernon County: 12.8% † 2,487 (±2.3% / ±444.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)

Social

90.6% ±8.1% (4,938  ±542.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Vernon County: 89% 11,907 (±5.1% / ±685.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
14.3% ±3.6% (780  ±201) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vernon County: 16.6% † 2,218 (±2.2% / ±297.3)
  • 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

3% ±1.6% (236  ±124) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Vernon County: 2.2% 431
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967

4.5% ±1.8% (288  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vernon County: 5.8% † 863 (±1.1% / ±171)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
288 Total veterans ±116 288 Male ±116 N/A Female ±17

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