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Place dossier plate
SheetMO-MINERAL-POINT-MO · Mineral Point, MO 383 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 Mineral Point
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Mineral Point on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Hayti Heights · lowest
21,250
Hayti Heights · lowest
21,250 median HH income
8.5% of the leader · rank #1
Zanesville · near
39,085
Zanesville · near
39,085 median HH income
15.6% of the leader · rank #2
Mineral Point · this city
39,087
Mineral Point · this city
39,087 median HH income
15.6% of the leader · rank #3
Bakersville · near
39,091
Bakersville · near
39,091 median HH income
15.6% of the leader · rank #4
Rocky Ford · near
39,107
Rocky Ford · near
39,107 median HH income
15.6% of the leader · rank #5
Charlo · near
39,107
Charlo · near
39,107 median HH income
15.6% 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 Mineral Point 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: 383.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Mineral Point places in the 7th percentile for household income. 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: Mineral Point, MO
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 383 residents in Mineral Point, a small town within Missouri. Mineral Point households earn a median of $39,087 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 15.0%. The median resident age is 36.6 years. Educational attainment runs 2.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 50.4% 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. 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. Commute times here average 25.9 minutes, with 66.2% driving alone and 1.5% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 50.6 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Mineral Point'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 Mineral Point, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, 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 Mineral Point 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 +9 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.0% 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 Mineral Point?
Within Missouri, the closest population matches are Bucklin (383 residents, $43,125 income); Burlington Junction (383 residents, $46,250 income); Silex (383 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fenwick Island, DE (383 residents); Cameron, IL (383 residents); Tippecanoe, IN (383 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 Mineral Point?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 66.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 25.9 minutes.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 15.0% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Missouri average
F
City profile score · Mineral Point, MO
28/100
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.
Poverty rate F
15.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$39,087
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
2.4%
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).
Mineral Point profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Poverty rate: 23/100 (F) · 15.0%
Household income: 6/100 (F) · $39,087
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 2.4%
How does Mineral Point compare to other US cities?
Mineral Point 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 Mineral Point 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 Mineral Point near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Mineral Point ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Mineral Point only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#707 of 842
16th percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#266 of 875
69th percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#830 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
$39,087Mineral Point, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Mineral Point, 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 Mineral Point, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)2.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)15.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)50.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
383
Median Income
$39,087
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
36.6
Poverty Rate
15.0%
Labor force participation
50.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
2.4%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Mineral Point's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
226 residents
2021
227 residents
2022
227 residents
2023
231 residents
2024
231 residents
2025
235 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
25.9 minutes
Drive Alone
66.2%
Carpool
32.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
1.5%
Based on 133 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 Mineral Point. 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 Mineral Point 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 Mineral Point sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Mineral Point 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.