Sappington, MO

Census Place

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2024 Population
7,367
US Senator
Josh Hawley
Republican Party
US Senator
Eric Schmitt
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
41.9
1.64% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
3.93%
29% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$77,650
7.53% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$297,600
4.53% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
3,588
6.63% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Sappington, MO reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.2% of the residents in Sappington, MO are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Sappington, MO are Skin Institute (77 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2024, the median property value in Sappington, MO was $297,600, and the homeownership rate was 74.5%.

Most people in Sappington, MO drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 20.9 minutes. The average car ownership in Sappington, MO was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Sappington, MO is home to a population of 7.37k people, from which 99.2% are citizens. As of 2024, 4.03% of Sappington, MO residents were born outside of the country (297 people).

In 2024, there were 48.1 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (6.78k people) in Sappington, MO than any other race or ethnicity. There were 141 Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 123 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.2%
2024 Citizenship
97.9%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.2% of Sappington, MO residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Sappington, MO was 97.9%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Sappington, MO
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    6.78k ± 741
  2. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    141 ± 137
  3. Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic)
    123 ± 136
2.35%
Hispanic Population
173 people

In 2024, there were 48.1 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (6.78k people) in Sappington, MO than any other race or ethnicity. There were 141 Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 123 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

2.35% of the people in Sappington, MO are hispanic (173 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Sappington, MO as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    41,951 ± 5,011 people
  2. India
    23,410 ± 3,749 people
  3. China
    17,257 ± 3,221 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Missouri was Mexico, the natal country of 41,951 Missouri residents, followed by India with 23,410 and China with 17,257.

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Foreign-Born Population

4.03%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
297 people
6.1%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
420 people

As of 2024, 4.03% of Sappington, MO residents (297 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Sappington, MO was 6.1%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    165 ± 79
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    149 ± 104
  3. World War II
    16 ± 25

Sappington, MO has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.11 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Sappington, MO employs 3.59k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Sappington, MO were Educational Services (505 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (459 people), and Retail Trade (407 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($132,000), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($103,000), and Finance & Insurance ($90,344).

Employment

Occupations

3.59k
2024 Value
± 441
6.63%
1 Year growth
± 15.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Sappington, MO grew at a rate of 6.63%, from 3.37k employees to 3.59k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Sappington, MO, are Management Occupations (405 people), Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (369 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (358 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Sappington, MO.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

3.59k
2024 Value
± 441
6.63%
1 Year growth
± 15.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Sappington, MO grew at a rate of 6.63%, from 3.37k employees to 3.59k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Sappington, MO, are Educational Services (505 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (459 people), and Retail Trade (407 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Sappington, MO, though some of these residents may live in Sappington, MO and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$54,779
Median earning men ± $8,518
$34,720
Median earning women ± $8,213

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($126,000), Public Administration ($79,609), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($73,333).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Information ($58,594), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($51,528), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($49,583).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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2.17%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 2.94M people employed in Missouri. This represents a 2.17% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 11.8%.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Missouri went to Donald J. Trump with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (40.1%), followed by Chase Oliver (0.797%).

Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt are the senators currently representing the state of Missouri. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Missouri is currently represented by 8 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Sappington, MO. Showing the available data for Missouri.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (58.5%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (40.1%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Chase Oliver (0.797%)
    Libertarian Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Missouri went to Donald J. Trump with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (40.1%), followed by Chase Oliver (0.797%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Missouri for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Missouri

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Josh Hawley
Senator from Missouri1
Assumed office on January 3, 2019
Eric Schmitt
Senator from Missouri3
Assumed office on January 3, 2023

Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt are the senators currently representing Missouri.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Sappington, MO awarded 77 degrees. The student population of Sappington, MO in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 0 male students and 83 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Sappington, MO are White (64 and 83.1%), Black or African American (12 and 15.6%), and Hispanic or Latino (1 and 1.3%).

The largest universities in Sappington, MO by number of degrees awarded are Skin Institute (77 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Sappington, MO are Aesthetician & Skin Care Specialist (77 and 100%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 83 students enrolled in Sappington, MO, 0% men and 100% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 69 records, of which 100% were women and 0% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Aesthetician & Skin Care Specialist
Most Common
77 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Sappington, MO was Aesthetician & Skin Care Specialist with 77 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate from schools in Sappington, MO according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Skin Institute
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
77 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Skin Institute with 77 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 0 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Sappington, MO, which is 0 times less than the 77 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 64 degrees mean that there were 5.33 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 12 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Sappington, MO was $297,600 in 2024, which is 0.894 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $284,700 to $297,600, a 4.53% increase. The homeownership rate in Sappington, MO is 74.5%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Sappington, MO have an average commute time of 20.9 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Sappington, MO is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$297,600
Median Property Value 2024
±$22,047
$2,400
Median Property Taxes
±$310

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Sappington, MO the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Sappington, MO compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

74.5%
Homeownership
2024
68.6%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 74.5% of the housing units in Sappington, MO were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 68.7%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$77,650
Median Household Income
± $6,349
3.22k
Number of Households
± 399

In 2024, the median household income of the 3.22k households in Sappington, MO grew to $77,650 from the previous year's value of $72,213.

The following chart displays the households in Sappington, MO distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Sappington, MO is from Missouri.
0.451
2023 Wage GINI in Missouri
0.455
2022 Wage GINI in Missouri

In 2023, the income inequality in Missouri was 0.451 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.848% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Missouri was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Missouri in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (78.3%)
  2. Worked At Home (15.8%)
  3. Carpooled (3.79%)

In 2024, 78.3% of workers in Sappington, MO drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (15.8%) and those who carpooled to work (3.79%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

20.9 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Sappington, MO have a shorter commute time (20.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.208% of the workforce in Sappington, MO have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Sappington, MO distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Sappington, MO have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

3.93% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Sappington, MO (289 out of 7.36k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 75+, followed by Males 55 - 64 and then Females 45 - 54.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Sappington, MO is White, followed by Other and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

96.1% of the population of Sappington, MO has health coverage, with 52% on employee plans, 6.14% on Medicaid, 19.2% on Medicare, 18.2% on non-group plans, and 0.517% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Missouri see 1,421 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,421 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1596 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 382 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.1% were men and 51.9% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.3% under 18 years, 17% between 18 and 34 years, 35.2% between 35 and 64 years, and 24.5% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.1% were men and 51.9% were women.

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Uninsured People

3.93%
Uninsured
52%
Employer Coverage
6.14%
Medicaid
19.2%
Medicare
18.2%
Non-Group
0.517%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Sappington, MO declined by 16.2% from 4.69% to 3.93%.

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