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Place dossier plate
SheetMO-ARMSTRONG-MO · Armstrong, MO 340 pop · income 7th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Armstrong
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Armstrong on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Marshall · lowest
34,167
Marshall · lowest
34,167 median HH income
41.4% of the leader · rank #1
Armstrong · this city
39,667
Armstrong · this city
39,667 median HH income
48.1% of the leader · rank #2
Alakanuk · near
39,667
Alakanuk · near
39,667 median HH income
48.1% of the leader · rank #3
Limestone · near
39,667
Limestone · near
39,667 median HH income
48.1% of the leader · rank #4
Comanche · near
39,667
Comanche · near
39,667 median HH income
48.1% of the leader · rank #5
Penfield · near
39,667
Penfield · near
39,667 median HH income
48.1% of the leader · rank #6
Smith Island · highest
82,443
Smith Island · highest
82,443 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Armstrong on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 340.
Armstrong ranks in the 7th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
7th
percentile, household income
7th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Armstrong, MO
340 people live in Armstrong, Missouri - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Armstrong report a median income of $39,667 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.1%. The median resident age is 33.8 years. Educational attainment runs 2.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 68.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Missouri run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Missouri at 90.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $972 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Missouri run around $219, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Armstrong's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Armstrong, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Armstrong growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -1 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -0.4% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Armstrong?
Within Missouri, the closest population matches are Aurora Springs (341 residents, $75,573 income); Bent Tree Harbor (342 residents); Harrisburg (344 residents, $51,250 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Xenia, IL (340 residents); Marshall, IN (340 residents); Fort Atkinson, IA (340 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Armstrong?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 94.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A
2.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living A-
90.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$39,667
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
2.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Armstrong profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 85/100 (A) · 2.1%
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Household income: 6/100 (F) · $39,667
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 2.3%
How does Armstrong compare to other US cities?
Armstrong measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income7% higher than other cities
Median rent7% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Armstrong against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Missouri only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Missouri-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Armstrong near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Armstrong ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Armstrong only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#699 of 842
17th percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#738 of 875
15th percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#832 of 875
5th percentile in Missouri
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Missouri only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
7th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$39,667Armstrong, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Armstrong, MO median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Armstrong, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)2.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
340
Median Income
$39,667
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
33.8
Poverty Rate
2.1%
Labor force participation
68.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
2.3%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Armstrong's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
242 residents
2021
242 residents
2022
242 residents
2023
240 residents
2024
240 residents
2025
241 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
94.3%
Carpool
4.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.3%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 157 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Missouri statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $219
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Missouri at $219 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Missouri statewide averages, not a meter reading for Armstrong. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Missouri's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Armstrong is $972/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Missouri statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Missouri statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Armstrong sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Armstrong compares to similar-size Missouri cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.