Daviess County, Missouri

Daviess County has a population of 8,477 and has grown 1.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $161,800, about 2.5 times the county's median household income of $63,984.

Home price
$161,800
Income
$63,984
Population
8,477
Unemployment
1.4%

Housing

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

Median home price$161,800county
Median gross rent$696county
Median year homes here were built1977county
Share of homes built before 198055.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile11.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant26.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented20.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use10.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,403(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$888county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$677county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,138county
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$63,984county
Family health premium / yr$23,831(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,173(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.668(statewide)
Poverty rate11.4%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 home13.5%county
Unemployment rate1.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force58.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed11.1%county
Share of workers employed by government16.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry17.8%county
Economic output per resident$31,109county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.66%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 time34.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service59 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5915078county
Miles to nearest general aviation field21 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station64 micounty
Households without a vehicle9.4%county
Traffic deaths23.6county
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 higher18.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher84.3%county
Public schools in the county11county
Public school enrollment1078county
Students per full-time teacher8.4county
Free lunch eligible50.0%county
Elementary schools5county
Middle schools1county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution43 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians12county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter7.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance17.1%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year15.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year12.6%county
Frequent mental distress19.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity32.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.9%county

Place

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

Population8,477county
Land area in square miles563county
People per square mile of land15.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store5.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+1.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age40.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.7%county
Share of households that are one person25.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.7%county
Second languages8.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls64.9%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents475county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents6county
Households that moved in242county
Households that moved away206county
Average income of arriving households$65,967county
Average income of departing households$47,738county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year5county
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 temperature53.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation33.6 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.18 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F28 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing103 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days190 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 16county
Average first fall frostOct 24county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$124county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh12.6¢county
Household electricity use989 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.63(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity27.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas24.9%county
Homes heated by propane31.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood12.7%county
Households with broadband77.6%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk36.2county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk84.8county
Landslide risk66.0county
Hail risk58.3county
Earthquake risk23.0county
Tornado risk56.6county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk67.1county
Winter weather risk26.2county
Strong wind risk35.4county
Wildfire risk51.7county

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 Daviess 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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