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West Plains, MO Micro Area

40,168 Population
927.2 square miles 43.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$26,493 ±$1,406 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$49,814 ±$3,263 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

21.4% ±2.9% (8,427  ±1,149) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.9 minutes ±2 (318,630  ±33,630) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

15,997 ±310 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (39,479  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

8.4% ±2.1% (710  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

18,104 ±34 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$161,000 ±$11,088 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.6% ±1.8% (4,196  ±703) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

85.9% ±3.7% (23,498  ±1,009.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
17.5% ±1.8% (4,790  ±494.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% (516  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

9.3% ±1.2% (2,840  ±357) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,840 Total veterans ±357 2,636 Male ±336 204 Female ±85

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