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West Plains, MO Urban Area

11,898 Population
10.3 square miles 1,160.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$23,365 ±$2,760 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$39,566 ±$8,861 Median household income
  • about half the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

29.7% ±7% (3,411  ±814) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

17.1 minutes ±3.1 (75,590  ±15,461) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

4,862 ±331 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.2 (11,384  ±417) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7.8% ±3.8% (215  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

5,462 ±327 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$154,100 ±$23,299 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

13.4% ±4.1% (1,569  ±481.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

85% ±7.5% (6,609  ±667.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
17.3% ±4.1% (1,349  ±324.6) 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

0.5% ±0.4% (53  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.3% ±2.6% (737  ±232) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
737 Total veterans ±232 737 Male ±232 N/A Female ±19

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