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SheetMO-HERMITAGE-MO · Hermitage, MO 683 pop · income 1st pct · 4 tracts
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 Hermitage
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hermitage on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Yauco zona ur… · lowest
22,777
Yauco zona ur… · lowest
22,777 median HH income
18.9% of the leader · rank #1
Marshallville · near
22,806
Marshallville · near
22,806 median HH income
18.9% of the leader · rank #2
Hermitage · this city
22,813
Hermitage · this city
22,813 median HH income
18.9% of the leader · rank #3
Glen Allan · near
22,813
Glen Allan · near
22,813 median HH income
18.9% of the leader · rank #4
Ramos comunid… · near
22,824
Ramos comunid… · near
22,824 median HH income
18.9% of the leader · rank #5
Ringgold · near
22,833
Ringgold · near
22,833 median HH income
19.0% of the leader · rank #6
Candlewood Or… · highest
120,469
Candlewood Or… · highest
120,469 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
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Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Hermitage 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: 683.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Hermitage lands in the 1st percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
1st
percentile, household income
11th
percentile, home value
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: Hermitage, MO
Hermitage is a small town in Missouri, home to 683 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $22,813 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 47.7%. Typical homes in Hermitage are valued around $103,100, and the median resident age is 60.4 years. About 14.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 28.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 3 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Living costs in Missouri run below the national norm: the state registers 90.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $972 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Missouri's average monthly utility costs around $219 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 50.6 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Hermitage'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 schools and households to within-city variation to comparison shortlist to housing and income to population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hermitage, city-specific coverage includes within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Hermitage?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 14.6% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Hermitage?
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.
Within Missouri, the closest population matches are Hardin (683 residents, $75,606 income); Norborne (682 residents, $64,750 income); Rockaway Beach (682 residents, $56,563 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Candlewood Orchards, CT (683 residents); Kooskia, ID (683 residents); Riverton, KS (683 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Hermitage?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 47.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is Hermitage growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +35 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.6% 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.
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.
2020 estimate
623
2025 estimate
658
Period change
+5.6%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What does the journey to work look like in Hermitage?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 74.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Drive alone
74.3%
Work from home
10.3%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 175 workers age 16+.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 47.7% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Missouri average
F
City profile score · Hermitage, MO
24/100
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.
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.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$22,813
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
47.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Hermitage profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 19/100 (F) · 14.6%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $22,813
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 47.7%
How does Hermitage compare to other US cities?
Hermitage measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income1% higher than other cities
Home value11% pricier 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 Hermitage 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 Hermitage near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hermitage ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hermitage only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#834 of 842
1st percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Median Home Value
#503 of 833
39th percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#15 of 875
98th percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#473 of 875
46th 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
1st percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Hermitage's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$103,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 89% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Hermitage's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,015 of 15,516
More affordable than 23% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,204 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.5×, Hermitage sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,015 of 15,516 and #9,204 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$22,813Hermitage, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hermitage, 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 Hermitage, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)47.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)28.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
683
Median Income
$22,813
Median Home Value
$103,100
Median Age
60.4
Poverty Rate
47.7%
Labor force participation
28.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.6%
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Hermitage's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
623 residents
2021
638 residents
2022
637 residents
2023
647 residents
2024
651 residents
2025
658 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
74.3%
Carpool
14.9%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
10.3%
Based on 175 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 Hermitage. 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 Hermitage 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 Hermitage sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hermitage 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, NCES CCD, 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.