Worth County, Missouri

Worth County has a population of 1,934 and has shrunk 2.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $96,600, about 2.0 times the county's median household income of $47,847.

Home price
$96,600
Income
$47,847
Population
1,934
Unemployment
1.6%

Housing

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

Median home price$96,600county
Median gross rent$381county
Median year homes here were built1961county
Share of homes built before 198074.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant24.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented17.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.7%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$1,160county
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$47,847county
Family health premium / yr$23,831(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,173(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.668(statewide)
Poverty rate20.6%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 home11.8%county
Unemployment rate1.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force57.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed17.0%county
Share of workers employed by government17.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.3%county
Economic output per resident$38,215county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.82%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 time25.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service83 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5915078county
Miles to nearest general aviation field16 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 station40 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.0%county
Traffic deaths0.0county
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 higher21.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.0%county
Public schools in the county2county
Public school enrollment295county
Students per full-time teacher10.2county
Free lunch eligible48.1%county
Elementary schools1county
Middle schools0county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution21 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians50county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter7.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year14.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year12.5%county
Frequent mental distress17.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity31.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.8%county

Place

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

Population1,934county
Land area in square miles267county
People per square mile of land7.3county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store27.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract100.0%county
Population change since 2020-2.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age48.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over26.4%county
Share of households that are one person38.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.4%county
Second languages0.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls100.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents558county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents0county
Households that moved in24county
Households that moved away29county
Average income of arriving households$56,917county
Average income of departing households$36,759county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year0county
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°Fcounty
Annual precipitation31.4 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.16 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F22 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing115 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days186 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 16county
Average first fall frostOct 19county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$123county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh12.6¢county
Household electricity use978 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.63(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity35.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas21.1%county
Homes heated by propane29.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.5%county
Homes heated by wood11.3%county
Households with broadband84.9%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk4.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk69.4county
Landslide risk62.2county
Hail risk22.6county
Earthquake risk5.6county
Tornado risk23.5county
Tropical cyclone risk7.2county
Extreme heat risk86.2county
Winter weather risk8.3county
Strong wind risk9.4county
Wildfire risk34.1county

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 Worth 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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