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West Plains, MO

12,441 Population
13.3 square miles 935 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 40.3 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,722 ±$2,374 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: $27,570 ±$1,259
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,002 ±$6,769 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: $50,993 ±$2,030
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

28.1% ±6.5% (3,361  ±773) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 20.3% † 8,044 (±3.1% / ±1,243)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±4.3 (105,465  ±23,136) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 23.2 356,505 (±2.3 / ±37,662)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,051 ±319 Number of households
  • the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 15,965 ±235
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (11,900  ±73) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 2.5 39,668 (±0 / ±30)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±3.4% (196  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 6.7% † 574 (±2.2% / ±190)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,726 ±301 Number of housing units
  • the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 18,149 ±62
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$169,900 ±$17,209 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: $173,000 ±$9,304
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.3% ±4.1% (1,506  ±498.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 10.8% † 4,314 (±2.1% / ±826.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.2% ±8% (7,094  ±725.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 86.9% 23,902 (±3.9% / ±1,066)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.1% ±4.2% (1,407  ±349.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 17.8% † 4,898 (±1.9% / ±511)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • 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
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 1.2% 498
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±2.8% (730  ±263) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 9.2% † 2,808 (±1.1% / ±341)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
730 Total veterans ±263 697 Male ±258 33 Female ±42

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