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West Plains, MO Micro Area

40,383 Population
927.2 square miles 43.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,570 ±$1,259 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,993 ±$2,030 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.3% ±3.1% (8,044  ±1,243) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.2 minutes ±2.3 (356,505  ±37,662) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,965 ±235 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0 (39,668  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±2.2% (574  ±190) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,149 ±62 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$173,000 ±$9,304 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.8% ±2.1% (4,314  ±826.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.9% ±3.9% (23,902  ±1,066) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.8% ±1.9% (4,898  ±511) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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

1.2% (498  ±152) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±1.1% (2,808  ±341) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,808 Total veterans ±341 2,601 Male ±328 207 Female ±100

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