Laclede County, Missouri

Laclede County has a population of 36,390 and has grown 2.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $168,400, about 3.2 times the county's median household income of $53,282.

Home price
$168,400
Income
$53,282
Population
36,390
Unemployment
5.3%

Housing

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

Median home price$168,400county
Median gross rent$809county
Median year homes here were built1984county
Share of homes built before 198044.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile14.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented31.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,403(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$903county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$688county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,182county
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$53,282county
Family health premium / yr$23,831(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,173(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.668(statewide)
Poverty rate18.2%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 rate5.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force60.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.3%county
Share of workers employed by government12.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.4%county
Economic output per resident$56,768county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.60%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 time21.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service28 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport11276county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.5 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 station68 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.7%county
Traffic deaths82.4county
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 higher16.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher85.4%county
Public schools in the county10county
Public school enrollment5763county
Students per full-time teacher14.6county
Free lunch eligible64.3%county
Elementary schools5county
Middle schools2county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution41 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians55county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance10.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year17.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year15.2%county
Frequent mental distress19.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity31.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.6%county

Place

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

Population36,390county
Land area in square miles765county
People per square mile of land47.6county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores3county
Share living far from a food store13.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract48.2%county
Population change since 2020+2.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age39.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.3%county
Share of households that are one person29.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.5%county
Second languages2.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls55.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents222county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents8county
Households that moved in862county
Households that moved away839county
Average income of arriving households$45,673county
Average income of departing households$52,044county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year4county
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 temperature57.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation41.1 incounty
Annual snowfall12.1 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.30 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F44 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing86 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days197 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 10county
Average first fall frostOct 25county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$131county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh11.0¢county
Household electricity use1,156 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.63(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity62.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas11.3%county
Homes heated by propane18.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.7%county
Homes heated by wood6.0%county
Households with broadband77.2%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk61.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk41.3county
Landslide risk55.8county
Hail risk51.7county
Earthquake risk80.7county
Tornado risk58.9county
Tropical cyclone risk21.4county
Extreme heat risk86.8county
Winter weather risk75.6county
Strong wind risk45.0county
Wildfire risk78.2county

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 Laclede 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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