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West Plains, MO

12,341 Population
13.3 square miles 927.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 40.1 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,486 ±$2,861 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: $26,493 ±$1,406
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$39,897 ±$9,197 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: $49,814 ±$3,263
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

31% ±6.3% (3,691  ±753) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 21.4% † 8,427 (±2.9% / ±1,149)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

17.1 minutes ±2.9 (77,545  ±15,403) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 20.9 318,630 (±2 / ±33,630)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

4,960 ±326 Number of households
  • the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 15,997 ±310
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.4 ±0.2 (11,827  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 2.5 39,479 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

7.4% ±3.7% (215  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 8.4% † 710 (±2.1% / ±174)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

5,571 ±315 Number of housing units
  • the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 18,104 ±34
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$158,700 ±$25,763 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: $161,000 ±$11,088
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

13% ±4% (1,575  ±482) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 10.6% † 4,196 (±1.8% / ±703)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

85.3% ±7.5% (6,845  ±655.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 85.9% 23,498 (±3.7% / ±1,009.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
17.7% ±4.1% (1,424  ±330.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 17.5% † 4,790 (±1.8% / ±494.5)
  • about three-fifths of 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

0.4% ±0.4% (53  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 1.3% 516
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

8.1% ±2.5% (739  ±232) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the West Plains, MO Micro Area: 9.3% † 2,840 (±1.2% / ±357)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
739 Total veterans ±232 739 Male ±232 N/A Female ±19

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