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SheetMO-SHOAL-CREEK-ESTATES-MO · Shoal Creek Estates, MO 213 pop · income 85th 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 Shoal Creek Estates
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Shoal Creek Estates on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Boligee · lowest
25,076
Boligee · lowest
25,076 median HH income
21.8% of the leader · rank #1
Shoal Creek E… · this city
115,000
Shoal Creek E… · this city
115,000 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #2
Cross Roads · highest
115,000
Cross Roads · highest
115,000 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Menominee · near
115,000
Menominee · near
115,000 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Grand Beach · near
115,000
Grand Beach · near
115,000 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Bainville · near
115,000
Bainville · near
115,000 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Franklin · near
115,000
Franklin · near
115,000 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 Shoal Creek Estates 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: 213.
Shoal Creek Estates ranks in the 85th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
85th
percentile, household income
79th
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: Shoal Creek Estates, MO
Missouri's Shoal Creek Estates is a small town, with 213 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $115,000 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 3.6%. Home values in Shoal Creek Estates run a median of $425,000, and the median resident age is 13.9 years. Educational attainment runs 44.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 40.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $972 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $219 across Missouri, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in Shoal Creek Estates report an average commute of 21.3 minutes, with 91.7% driving alone and 8.3% 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 Shoal Creek Estates'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Shoal Creek Estates, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history.
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.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Shoal Creek Estates?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 91.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.3 minutes.
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.
Is Shoal Creek Estates growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +3 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.9% 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Shoal Creek Estates?
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Shoal Creek Estates?
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 Edgar Springs (213 residents, $50,341 income); Parnell (213 residents, $42,500 income); Curryville (214 residents, $47,500 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Boligee, AL (213 residents); Chunchula, AL (213 residents); Cibola, AZ (213 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.
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.
Household income A-
$115,000
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
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 B+
44.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B
3.6%
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).
Shoal Creek Estates profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 84/100 (A-) · $115,000
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 79/100 (B+) · 44.0%
Poverty rate: 74/100 (B) · 3.6%
How does Shoal Creek Estates compare to other US cities?
Here's how Shoal Creek Estates stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income85% higher than other cities
Home value79% 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 Shoal Creek Estates 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 Shoal Creek Estates near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Shoal Creek Estates ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Shoal Creek Estates only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#47 of 842
94th percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Median Home Value
#30 of 833
96th percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#666 of 875
23rd percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#71 of 875
92nd 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
85th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Shoal Creek Estates's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$425,00021st percentilemore affordable than 21% 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
Shoal Creek Estates's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,707 of 15,516
More affordable than 37% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,724 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.7×, Shoal Creek Estates sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,707 of 15,516 and #7,724 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
$115,000Shoal Creek Estates, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Shoal Creek Estates, 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 Shoal Creek Estates, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)44.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)40.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
213
Median Income
$115,000
Median Home Value
$425,000
Median Age
13.9
Poverty Rate
3.6%
Labor force participation
40.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
44.0%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Shoal Creek Estates's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
105 residents
2021
106 residents
2022
106 residents
2023
107 residents
2024
108 residents
2025
108 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.3 minutes
Drive Alone
91.7%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
8.3%
Based on 36 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 Shoal Creek Estates. 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 Shoal Creek Estates 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 Shoal Creek Estates sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Shoal Creek Estates 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.