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SheetMO-CROSS-TIMBERS-MO · Cross Timbers, MO 386 pop · income 25th 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 Cross Timbers
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cross Timbers on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Naylor · lowest
31,750
Naylor · lowest
31,750 median HH income
12.7% of the leader · rank #1
Island Falls · near
53,523
Island Falls · near
53,523 median HH income
21.4% of the leader · rank #2
Cross Timbers · this city
53,529
Cross Timbers · this city
53,529 median HH income
21.4% of the leader · rank #3
Enola · near
53,529
Enola · near
53,529 median HH income
21.4% of the leader · rank #4
McAlisterville · near
53,529
McAlisterville · near
53,529 median HH income
21.4% of the leader · rank #5
Southeast Arc… · near
53,532
Southeast Arc… · near
53,532 median HH income
21.4% of the leader · rank #6
Huntleigh · highest
250,001
Huntleigh · highest
250,001 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 Cross Timbers 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: 386.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Cross Timbers places in the 25th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
25th
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: Cross Timbers, MO
386 people live in Cross Timbers, Missouri - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Cross Timbers households earn a median of $53,529 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 36.4 years. 2.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Missouri run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Missouri scores 90.8 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $972 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Missouri's average monthly utility costs around $219 (state average). Workers in Cross Timbers report an average commute of 14.4 minutes, with 76.9% driving alone and 23.1% working from home. 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 Cross Timbers'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 work and mobility to population change to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Cross Timbers, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Cross Timbers?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 14.4 minutes.
Is Cross Timbers growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +13 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +10.7% 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 Cross Timbers?
Within Missouri, the closest population matches are Madison (387 residents, $44,375 income); Huntleigh (384 residents, $250,000+ income); Naylor (388 residents, $31,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Meridian, CA (386 residents); Prairie City, IL (386 residents); Kelley, IA (386 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.
Below median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Missouri average
C-
City profile score · Cross Timbers, MO
54/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
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+
0.0%
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
$53,529
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
2.6%
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).
Cross Timbers profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Household income: 25/100 (F) · $53,529
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 2.6%
How does Cross Timbers compare to other US cities?
Here's how Cross Timbers stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income25% 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 Cross Timbers 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 Cross Timbers near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cross Timbers ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cross Timbers only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#407 of 842
52nd percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#795 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#820 of 875
6th 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
25th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$53,529Cross Timbers, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cross Timbers, 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 Cross Timbers, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)2.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)11.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
386
Median Income
$53,529
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
36.4
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
11.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
2.6%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Cross Timbers's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
122 residents
2021
127 residents
2022
127 residents
2023
129 residents
2024
133 residents
2025
135 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
14.4 minutes
Drive Alone
76.9%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
23.1%
Based on 26 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 Cross Timbers. 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 Cross Timbers 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 Cross Timbers sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cross Timbers 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.