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Pocahontas, MO

47 Population
0.1 square miles 456.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±13 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,606 ±$15,814 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $34,373 ±$1,332
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$66,875 ±$41,248 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $67,267 ±$2,799
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

17% ±14.7% (8  ±9) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 14.2% 13,330 (±1.3% / ±1,227)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

20.7 minutes ±26.7 (455  ±379) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 21.4 939,040 (±0.6 / ±35,048)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

17 ±15 Number of households
  • the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 38,257 ±531
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.8 ±3.2 (47  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.5 93,821 (±0 / ±83)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

30% ±55% (3  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 3.4% † 790 (±0.9% / ±199)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

26 ±17 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 43,903 ±57
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$128,100 ±$49,290 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $195,200 ±$6,325
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

6.4% ±47.2% (3  ±22.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 16.1% 15,599 (±1.5% / ±1,459.2)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

80.6% ±79.5% (29  ±35.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 91.7% 58,831 (±2.6% / ±1,657)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
16.7% ±77.3% (6  ±28.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 30.4% 19,484 (±1.6% / ±1,011.7)
  • about half 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

N/A Foreign-born population

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±12 N/A Male ±12 N/A Female ±12

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