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Prairie Home, MO

251 Population
0.3 square miles 751.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.3 ±18.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 33.5 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,305 ±$4,479 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $39,658 ±$1,054
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,750 ±$23,653 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $72,340 ±$1,500
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.8% ±4.2% (22  ±12) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 16% 32,463 (±1% / ±2,052)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.9 minutes ±1.6 (2,505  ±931) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 19.6 1,937,565 (±0.5 / ±60,878)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

120 ±34 Number of households
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 86,393 ±709
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.8 (251  ±68) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 2.4 203,027 (±0 / ±246)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.6% ±10.4% (5  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5% † 2,982 (±0.9% / ±552)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

124 ±35 Number of housing units
  • the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 93,349 ±153
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$131,300 ±$27,405 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: $258,700 ±$6,398
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.8% ±6.3% (14  ±15.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 17.1% 36,198 (±1% / ±2,021.6)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.3% ±36.3% (181  ±46.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 94.7% 125,767 (±2% / ±2,596.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.6% ±14.7% (50  ±30.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 48% 63,713 (±1.4% / ±1,847.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about three-quarters of 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

0.8% ±1.2% (2  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5.7% 12,284
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

13.3% ±7.9% (26  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Columbia, MO Metro Area: 5.5% 9,346 (±0.4% / ±668)
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
26 Total veterans ±17 23 Male ±16 3 Female ±4

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