Wilson City, MO

Census Place

2024 Population

US Senator

Josh Hawley

Republican Party

US Senator

Eric Schmitt

Republican Party

2024 Poverty Rate

43%

0.422% 1-year increase

2019 Median Household Income

$45,833

26.4% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$61,200

5.41% 1-year decline

2024 Employed Population

Housing & Living

The median property value in Wilson City, MO was $61,200 in 2024, which is 0.184 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $64,700 to $61,200, a 5.41% decrease. The homeownership rate in Wilson City, MO is 89.1%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Wilson City, MO have an average commute time of 34.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Wilson City, MO is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$61,200

Median Property Value 2024

±$11,974

$41

Median Property Taxes

±$47

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 Wilson City, MO the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

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

Rent vs Own

89.1%

Homeownership

2024

45.3%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 89.1% of the housing units in Wilson City, MO were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 85.2%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Wilson City, MO compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$45,833

Median Household Income

± $42,692

Number of Households

± 45

In 2019, the median household income of the 46 households in Wilson City, MO grew to $45,833 from the previous year's value of $36,250.

The following chart displays the households in Wilson City, 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 $100k - $125k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Wilson City, MO is from Missouri.

0.45

2024 Wage GINI in Missouri

0.451

2023 Wage GINI in Missouri

In 2024, the income inequality in Missouri was 0.45 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.34% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Missouri was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Missouri in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Missouri across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Drove Alone (100%)

Most Common Commute in 2024

In 2024, 100% of workers in Wilson City, MO drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (0%) and those who used public transit to get to work (0%).

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.

Commute Time

34.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Wilson City, MO have a longer commute time (34.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Wilson City, MO have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Wilson City, MO compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Wilson City, MO distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Wilson City, MO have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

43% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Wilson City, MO (34 out of 79 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 6 - 11, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Wilson City, MO is Black, followed by Two Or More and White.

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.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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