Crawford County, Missouri

Crawford County has a population of 22,797 and has shrunk 0.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $172,600, about 3.0 times the county's median household income of $57,629.

Home price
$172,600
Income
$57,629
Population
22,797
Unemployment
4.9%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$172,600county
Median gross rent$795county
Median year homes here were built1981county
Share of homes built before 198048.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile14.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant16.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented30.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use8.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,403(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$888county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$729county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,235county
Home insurance / yr$3,979(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living89(statewide)
Median household income$57,629county
Family health premium / yr$23,831(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,173(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.668(statewide)
Poverty rate14.1%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home3.9%county
Unemployment rate4.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force54.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.3%county
Share of workers employed by government14.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.1%county
Economic output per resident$42,315county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.56%county
Top state income tax4.70%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.44%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time29.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service50 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport11276county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station38 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.7%county
Traffic deaths43.9county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0000.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher14.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher85.9%county
Public schools in the county9county
Public school enrollment2915county
Students per full-time teacher12.8county
Free lunch eligible50.6%county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools3county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution26 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians4county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter7.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year15.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year12.8%county
Frequent mental distress19.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity32.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.2%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population22,797county
Land area in square miles742county
People per square mile of land30.7county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store5.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-0.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age43.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.3%county
Share of households that are one person26.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.2%county
Second languages1.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls29.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents239county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents8county
Households that moved in640county
Households that moved away594county
Average income of arriving households$45,030county
Average income of departing households$42,569county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year15county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings34.3%(statewide)
Violent crime rate462(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature56.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation40.1 incounty
Annual snowfall15.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.26 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F42 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing93 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days174 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 24county
Average first fall frostOct 15county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$141county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh12.8¢county
Household electricity use1,106 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.63(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity50.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas10.0%county
Homes heated by propane25.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.3%county
Homes heated by wood12.8%county
Households with broadband81.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk47.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk25.9county
Landslide risk74.2county
Hail risk51.0county
Earthquake risk78.9county
Tornado risk52.9county
Tropical cyclone risk30.2county
Extreme heat risk87.2county
Winter weather risk55.8county
Strong wind risk61.5county
Wildfire risk53.6county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Crawford County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Missouri figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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