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St. Francois County

Population in July 2008: 1,159. Population change since 2000: -0.1%
 

Males: 560  (48.4%)
Females: 599  (51.6%)

Median resident age:  32.5 years
Missouri median age:  36.1 years

Zip codes: 63653.


Estimated median household income in 2008: $30,761 (it was $25,391 in 2000)
Leadwood:  $30,761
Missouri:  $46,867

Estimated per capita income in 2008: $14,194

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $57,670 (it was $35,400 in 2000)
Leadwood:  $57,670
Missouri:  $141,500

Mean prices in 2008: All housing units: $56,520; Detached houses: $55,032; Townhouses or other attached units: $57,657; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $109,088; Mobile homes: $32,500

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Races in Leadwood:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.6%)
  • American Indian (2.1%)
  • Two or more races (1.3%)
  • Hispanic (1.1%)

Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Leadwood: 73.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (17.2%), German (11.6%), Irish (11.2%), English (7.2%), French (5.0%), Italian (1.1%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated in 1964

Elevation: 805 feet

Land area: 1.16 square miles.

Population density: 1002 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Leadwood

  • High school or higher: 69.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.4%
  • Unemployed: 9.7%
  • Mean travel time to work: 34.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Leadwood city

  • Never married: 21.3%
  • Now married: 58.4%
  • Separated: 1.7%
  • Widowed: 7.4%
  • Divorced: 11.1%

4 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.3%
Missouri:  2.7%


According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in May 2009.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Leadwood:  0.7% ($256)
Missouri:  1.0% ($851)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: St. Louis, MO (56.1 miles , pop. 348,189).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (315.4 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Desloge, MO (2.0 miles ), Bonne Terre, MO (2.1 miles ), Park Hills, MO (2.1 miles ), Irondale, MO (2.2 miles ), Leadington, MO (2.4 miles ), Bismarck, MO (2.6 miles ), Mineral Point, MO (3.0 miles ), Farmington, MO (3.3 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 2 buildings, average cost: $67,500
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 0 buildings
  • 2000: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 1 building, cost: $50,000
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 2 buildings, average cost: $52,500
  • 2006: 0 buildings
  • 2007: 1 building, cost: $80,000
  • 2008: 3 buildings, average cost: $50,000

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Latitude: 37.86 N, Longitude: 90.59 W

Area code: 573

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Crime in Leadwood by Year

Type 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008
Murders 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 100100
    per 100,000 85.00.00.085.20.00.0
Robberies 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Assaults 1174737
    per 100,000 935.4607.1346.3596.3255.8605.5
Burglaries 011135
    per 100,000 0.086.786.685.2255.8432.5
Thefts 6121910
    per 100,000 510.286.7173.285.2767.3865.1
Auto thefts 710122
    per 100,000 595.286.70.085.2170.5173.0
Arson 000100
    per 100,000 0.00.00.085.20.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 323.1137.982.3203.6113.4199.8

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 4 (4 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  3.45
US city average:  3.00


Population change in the 1990s: -92 (-7.3%).


Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (18%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (9%)
  • Repair and maintenance (9%)
  • Metal and metal products (7%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (17%)
  • Educational services (12%)
  • Machinery (5%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Metal and metal products (4%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (12%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Extraction workers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (3%)



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Leadwood-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Missouri state average. It is 116% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/22/1969, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 9.6 miles away from the Leadwood city center killed 4 people and injured 14 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 12/21/1967, a category 4 tornado 10.5 miles away from the city center killed 3 people and injured 52 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


Leadwood-area historical earthquake activity is slightly above Missouri state average. It is 72% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/26/1990 at 13:18:51, a magnitude 5.0 (4.7 MB, 4.8 LG, 5.0 LG, Depth: 7.7 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 75.4 miles away from Leadwood center
On 5/4/1991 at 01:18:54, a magnitude 5.0 (4.4 MB, 4.6 LG, 5.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 99.4 miles away from the city center
On 2/5/1994 at 14:55:37, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 LG, 4.2 MD, Depth: 9.9 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 84.5 miles away from the city center
On 8/16/2003 at 05:09:22, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 LG, 3.7 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 91.7 miles away from Leadwood center
On 10/21/1999 at 08:18:00, a magnitude 3.9 (3.3 MB, 3.9 LG, Depth: 12.0 mi) earthquake occurred 98.0 miles away from the city center
On 8/22/2000 at 20:12:14, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 LG, Depth: 5.2 mi) earthquake occurred 99.1 miles away from Leadwood center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), moment magnitude (MW)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Leadwood:
  • MINERAL AREA REG MEDICAL CENTER (about 12 miles; FARMINGTON, MO)
  • PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER (about 12 miles; FARMINGTON, MO)
  • SOUTHEAST MISSOURI MENTAL HLTH CTR (about 12 miles; FARMINGTON, MO)

Political contributions by individuals in Leadwood, MO

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Leadwood:
  • JEFFERSON COLLEGE (about 28 miles; HILLSBORO, MO; Full-time enrollment: 2,568)
  • SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-MERAMEC (about 51 miles; KIRKWOOD, MO; FT enrollment: 7,507)
  • WEBSTER UNIVERSITY (about 52 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 8,252)
  • SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-FOREST PARK (about 56 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 3,441)
  • MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT LOUIS (about 56 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 2,094)
  • SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 57 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 10,286)
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 10,939)
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Notable location: Hunts Ford (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Court: Leadwood City - Municipal Court (102 West 7th Street).

 

Average household size:
This city:  2.8 people
Missouri:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  77.7%
Whole state:  67.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  5.9%
Whole state:  5.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
This city:  19.6%
Whole state:  11.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
This city:  8.2%
Whole state:  5.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Leadwood, MO



Leadwood compared to Missouri state average:
  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Leadwood (2009 data):
  • Bank Star of the LeadBelt: Leadwood Facility at 613 Bank Street, branch established on 1988-03-04. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $122.4 mil, Deposits: $109.3 mil, headquarters in Park Hills, MO, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 6 total offices, Holding Company: Bancstar, Inc.



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Leadwood travel time to work


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2004 Presidential Election results in St. Francois County Missouri:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (74%)
  • Electricity (22%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
  • Wood (1%)


Religion statistics for Leadwood

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 51.21%
Here51.2%
USA50.2%

Adherents


Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
NameSouthern Baptist ConventionCatholic ChurchUnited Methodist ChurchAssemblies of GodLutheran Church
Adherents45.5%14.9%8.4%5.4%5.3%
Congregations20.7%4.5%9.0%12.6%3.6%
NameChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)National Association of Free Will Baptists General Conference Churches of GodChurch of the NazareneOther
Adherents4.9%3.3%2.2%1.8%8.4%
Congregations7.2%8.1%5.4%2.7%26.1%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration 1$1,550$18,6001$182
Other Government Administration 1$1,639$19,6685$75
Judicial and Legal 1$1,462$17,5441$301
Police Protection - Officers 4$6,555$19,6652$1,927
Streets and Highways 2$3,056$18,3360$0
Sewerage 1$1,240$14,8800$0
Water Supply 1$3,344$40,1280$0
Totals for Government 11$18,846$20,5599$2,485



7.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,580 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.03%
Missouri average:  7.87%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($101 average AGI)
St. Francois County:  0.05%
Missouri average:  0.11%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Jefferson County, MO  1.24% ($30,964 average AGI)
from Washington County, MO  0.76% ($25,838)
from St. Louis County, MO  0.67% ($36,551)


6.17% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,511 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.17%
Missouri average:  7.66%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Jefferson County, MO  0.90% ($25,906 average AGI)
to St. Louis County, MO  0.56% ($32,204)
to Washington County, MO  0.55% ($21,227)


Strongest AM radio stations in Leadwood:
  • KFMO (1240 AM; 1 kW; FLAT RIVER, MO; Owner: M. K. S. BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)
  • KMOX (1120 AM; 50 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • KREI (800 AM; 1 kW; FARMINGTON, MO; Owner: KREI, INC.)
  • WSDZ (1260 AM; 20 kW; BELLEVILLE, IL)
  • KYRO (1280 AM; 1 kW; POTOSI, MO; Owner: SAVOY BROADCASTING CO.)
  • KTRS (550 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KTRS-AM LICENSE, L.L.C.)
  • KRFT (1190 AM; 10 kW; DE SOTO, MO; Owner: ALL SPORTS RADIO, LLC)
  • KJSL (630 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: WMUZ RADIO, INC.)
  • KFUO (850 AM; 5 kW; CLAYTON, MO; Owner: LUTHERAN CHURCH-MISSOURI SYNOD)
  • WCRV (640 AM; 50 kW; COLLIERVILLE, TN; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY/TENNESSEE)
  • KSLG (1380 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: NEW HORIZON 7TH-DAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, INC.)
  • WDDD (810 AM; 10 kW; JOHNSTON CITY, IL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Leadwood:
  • KDBB (104.3 FM; BONNE TERRE, MO; Owner: MKS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KBGM (91.1 FM; PARK HILLS, MO; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • KTJJ (98.5 FM; FARMINGTON, MO; Owner: KREI, INC.)
  • KHZR (97.7 FM; POTOSI, MO; Owner: FOUR HIM ENTERPRISES, L.L.C.)
  • KPNT (105.7 FM; ST. GENEVIEVE, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • KDJR (100.1 FM; DE SOTO, MO; Owner: KDJR RADIO, INC.)
  • KYLS-FM (95.9 FM; IRONTON, MO; Owner: DOCKINS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KNSX (93.3 FM; STEELVILLE, MO; Owner: TWENTY-ONE SOUND COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • KNLP (89.7 FM; POTOSI, MO; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)
  • WIL-FM (92.3 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
  • KNLH (89.5 FM; CEDAR HILL, MO; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)
  • KTBJ (89.3 FM; FESTUS, MO; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)

TV broadcast stations around Leadwood:
  • KNLC (Channel 24; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)
  • KETC (Channel 9; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: ST. LOUIS REGIONAL & EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC TV COMMISSION)
  • WRBU (Channel 46; EAST ST. LOUIS, IL; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KMOV (Channel 4; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KMOV-TV, INC.)


Leadwood fatal accident list:
Nov 25, 1988 11:20 AM, 8, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 6, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Apr 6, 1986 04:05 AM, Main St, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1


National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 4
Total length: 4 meters (13ft)
Total costs: $85,000
Total average daily traffic: 13,376
Total average daily truck traffic: 1,337
Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 23,258

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1
  • Peter Connolly, 5925 Glore Rd, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 96 m
    Registrant: Holland And Knight, LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave., Nw, Ste 100, Washington, DC 20006, Phone: (202) 862-5989, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3
  • Call Sign: KC0GRB, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00168967
    Grant Date: 11/03/1999, Expiration Date: 11/03/2009, Certifier: David M Henry
    Registrant: David M Henry, 612 East St, Leadwood, MO 63653-1136
  • Call Sign: KC0GXH, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00184443
    Grant Date: 12/15/1999, Expiration Date: 12/15/2009, Certifier: Tamara A Henry
    Registrant: Tamara A Henry, 612 East St, Leadwood, MO 63653
  • Call Sign: NN4DX, Previous Call Sign: W4TRH, Licensee ID: L00183612
    Grant Date: 07/11/2006, Expiration Date: 07/11/2016, Certifier: Timothy R Havens
    Registrant: Timothy R Havens, 1232 Pine Street, Leadwood, MO 63653


2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 29
  • Hazardous Condition: 13
  • Good Intent Call: 8

Incident types - Leadwood


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Leadwood on our top lists:
    • #46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"

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