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SheetMO-WARRENSBURG-MO · Warrensburg, MO 19,437 pop · income 31st pct · 14 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 Warrensburg
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Warrensburg on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Rolla · lowest
42,518
Rolla · lowest
42,518 median HH income
30.2% of the leader · rank #1
Warrensburg · this city
57,232
Warrensburg · this city
57,232 median HH income
40.6% of the leader · rank #2
Mims · near
57,232
Mims · near
57,232 median HH income
40.6% of the leader · rank #3
Afton · near
57,232
Afton · near
57,232 median HH income
40.6% of the leader · rank #4
Clarkfield · near
57,232
Clarkfield · near
57,232 median HH income
40.6% of the leader · rank #5
La Cygne · near
57,233
La Cygne · near
57,233 median HH income
40.6% of the leader · rank #6
Naples · highest
140,833
Naples · highest
140,833 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Warrensburg on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 19,437.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Warrensburg - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Warrensburg lands in the 31st percentile for household income and the 16th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
31st
percentile, household income
47th
percentile, home value
7th
percentile, median rent
16th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Warrensburg, MO
Warrensburg is a small town in Missouri, home to 19,437 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $57,232 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.8%. Home values in Warrensburg run a median of $216,900, and the median resident age is 24.8 years. 35.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 55.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 64 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 26% from five years earlier. Warrensburg's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 2936.6 incidents per 100,000 residents, above the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 54.9°F with 42.1 inches of precipitation per year.
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. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Missouri's average monthly utility costs around $219 (state average). The average commute for Warrensburg workers runs 19.3 minutes, with 78.6% driving alone and 3.1% 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 Warrensburg'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to population change to within-city variation to climate and hazard context to housing and income to schools and households to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Warrensburg, city-specific coverage includes within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Warrensburg?
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Missouri, the closest population matches are Republic (19,233 residents, $64,364 income); Affton (20,035 residents, $77,337 income); Rolla (20,144 residents, $42,518 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Madisonville, KY (19,442 residents); Lynn Haven, FL (19,451 residents); Naples, FL (19,421 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Warrensburg?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 78.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 19.3 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. 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.
Is Warrensburg growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +958 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 64 housing units authorized in 2024. 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.
What can 14 Census tracts reveal inside Warrensburg?
PlainCities matches 14 Census tracts to this city.
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.
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.
Climate and hazard context
What physical conditions frame life in Warrensburg?
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 54.9°F, with 42.1 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Missouri is 50.6 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
FEMA risk index (state avg)
50.6
Annual precipitation
42.1 in
Mean temperature
54.9°F
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
How far does income reach against housing in Warrensburg?
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 3.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
3.8×
Home value
$216,900
Household income
$57,232
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the education layer cover for Warrensburg?
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 6 public schools within the city match. 35.9% 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.
Poverty estimate
6.8%
Bachelor's degree+
35.9%
Matched public schools
6
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Warrensburg?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2936.6 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 29% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
2936.6
Violent rate
313.4
Property rate
2623.2
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Below median income · poverty 6.8% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Missouri average
C-
City profile score · Warrensburg, MO
51/100
5 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 B-
35.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C-
6.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
313 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income F
$57,232
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Warrensburg profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 68/100 (B-) · 35.9%
Poverty rate: 54/100 (C-) · 6.8%
Violent crime: 31/100 (F) · 313 /100k
Household income: 30/100 (F) · $57,232
Where Warrensburg sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Warrensburg's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Warrensburg highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Warrensburg, MO (this city): home $216,900, crime 2,937/100k
Madisonville, KY : home $152,300, crime 679/100k
Lynn Haven, FL : home $286,700, crime 785/100k
South El Monte, CA : home $578,100, crime 3,701/100k
Hermiston, OR : home $244,700, crime 3,543/100k
Republic, MO : home $190,300, crime 1,186/100k
Rolla, MO : home $177,400, crime 2,914/100k
Creve Coeur, MO : home $566,100, crime 1,881/100k
Ferguson, MO : home $99,300, crime 4,211/100k
Manchester, MO : home $298,400, crime 1,346/100k
How does Warrensburg compare to other US cities?
Where Warrensburg sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income31% higher than other cities
Home value47% pricier than other cities
Median rent7% pricier than other cities
Safety16% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Missouri alone, Warrensburg ranks #185 of 234 Missouri cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Warrensburg 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 Warrensburg near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Warrensburg ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Warrensburg only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#346 of 842
59th percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Median Home Value
#136 of 833
84th percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#549 of 875
37th percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#113 of 875
87th 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
31st percentile nationally for median household income · 16th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Warrensburg's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Warrensburg's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Warrensburg's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$216,900Among the most affordablemore affordable than 53% 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
Warrensburg's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,025 of 15,516
More affordable than 35% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,781 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.8×, Warrensburg sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,025 of 15,516 and #1,781 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$57,232Warrensburg, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Warrensburg, 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 Warrensburg, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)35.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
19,437
Median Income
$57,232
Median Home Value
$216,900
Median Age
24.8
Poverty Rate
6.8%
Labor force participation
55.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
35.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2936.6
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
313.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2623.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
54.9°F
Annual Precipitation
42.1"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Schools
Total Schools
6
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Warrensburg's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
19,325 residents
2021
19,298 residents
2022
19,452 residents
2023
19,685 residents
2024
19,936 residents
2025
20,283 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
64
housing units authorized
Single-Family
7
detached homes
Multifamily
57
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
3.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
87
27
60
$13.6M
2020
28
24
4
$6.3M
2021
70
20
50
$10.7M
2022
31
13
18
$7.1M
2023
34
10
24
$5.5M
2024
64
7
57
$7.2M
Permit volume decreased 26% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
19.3 minutes
Drive Alone
78.6%
Carpool
8.7%
Public Transit
0.4%
Walk
7.4%
Work from Home
3.1%
Other
1.8%
Based on 9,938 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 Warrensburg. 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 Warrensburg 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 Warrensburg sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Warrensburg 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, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.