Polk County, Missouri (MO)

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• • 29,18791.5%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 9352.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 9332.9%Two or more races
  • 3521.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2540.8%Asian alone
  • 1310.4%Some other race alone
  • 990.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 50.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $237,842

Here:	$237,842
State:	$278,068

Townhouses or other attached units: $375,692

Here:	$375,692
State:	$260,773

In 2-unit structures: $161,578

Here:	$161,578
State:	$172,667

Mobile homes: $118,826

Here:	$118,826
State:	$95,912

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 89
• Burglaries: 76
• Thefts: 166
• Auto thefts: 21

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 6
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 31
• Burglaries: 66
• Thefts: 165
• Auto thefts: 26

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,123 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $942 (0.5%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Polk County is $353 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $464 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $676 a month.

Cities in this county include: Bolivar, Humansville, Pleasant Hope, Fair Play, Morrisville, Halfway, Flemington, Aldrich, Goodnight.

Neighboring counties: Grant County, Kansas , Harvey County, Kansas , Hodgeman County, Kansas , Green County, Kentucky , Neosho County, Kansas , Waynesboro city, Virginia .

Current college students: 2,320
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 439 (59.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1992010 or later
• 732000 to 2009
• 1361990 to 1999
• 281980 to 1989
• 221970 to 1979
• 64Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 10,005
• One, attached: 164
• Two: 386
• 3 or 4: 835
• 5 to 9: 184
• 10 to 19: 47
• 20 to 49: 63
• 50 or more: 112
• Mobile homes: 1,649
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7

Housing units in Polk County with a mortgage: 5,010 (345 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 289 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 85

Religion statistics for Polk County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Polk County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: May 3, 2020 - May 4, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4552-MO: July 9, 2020, FEMA Id: 4552, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Missouri Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4490, Natural disaster type: Other
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: December 23, 2015 to January 09, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4250: January 21, 2016, FEMA Id: 4250, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: December 22, 2015 to January 09, 2016, Emergency Declared EM-3374: January 02, 2016, FEMA Id: 3374, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 15, 2015 to July 27, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4238: August 07, 2015, FEMA Id: 4238, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 19, 2011 to June 06, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1980: May 09, 2011, FEMA Id: 1980, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Missouri Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 05, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1961: March 23, 2011, FEMA Id: 1961, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Missouri Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3317: February 03, 2011, FEMA Id: 3317, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 08, 2009 to May 16, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1847: June 19, 2009, FEMA Id: 1847, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Missouri Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to January 28, 2009, Emergency Declared EM-3303: January 30, 2009, FEMA Id: 3303, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 12 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

9.18% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($44,475 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
6.23% relocated from other counties in Missouri ($27,177 average AGI)
2.95% relocated from other states ($17,298 average AGI)

Polk County:	2.95%
Missouri average:	3.04%

from Greene County, MO	2.68% ($37,523 average AGI)
from Dallas County, MO	0.45% ($34,480)
from Hickory County, MO	0.28% ($36,000)
from Cedar County, MO	0.27% ($35,100)
from Christian County, MO	0.25% ($36,536)
from Jackson County, MO	0.25% ($58,143)
from Webster County, MO	0.22% ($35,320)

7.94% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($38,863 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.01% relocated to other counties in Missouri ($28,577 average AGI)
1.93% relocated to other states ($10,286 average AGI)

Polk County:	1.93%
Missouri average:	2.88%

to Greene County, MO	2.77% ($37,135 average AGI)
to Dallas County, MO	0.42% ($30,826)
to Hickory County, MO	0.32% ($48,143)
to Cedar County, MO	0.29% ($29,594)
to Webster County, MO	0.25% ($42,815)
to Christian County, MO	0.21% ($49,348)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Polk County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 6,255 (1,492 living alone), Female householders: 5,840 (1,595 living alone)

• 6,540 spouses (6,483 opposite-sex spouses), 1,107 unmarried partners, (991 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 8,441 children (7,568 natural, 352 adopted, 509 stepchildren), 626 grandchildren, 325 brothers or sisters, 319 parents, 22 foster children, 255 other relatives, 728 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 1,505

Size of family households: 3,908 2-persons, 1,682 3-persons, 1,439 4-persons, 809 5-persons, 258 6-persons, 216 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,086 1-person, 615 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 18 5-persons.

4,466 married couples with children.
1,955 single-parent households (596 men, 1,359 women).

95.6% of residents of Polk speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $165,221,000 ($5,834 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $5,111,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $78,080,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $36,930,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $732,000
Federal grants: $42,575,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,927,000 ($713,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,977,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $528,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $7,964,000
Federal Government insurance: $860,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.67 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Polk County, Missouri
• 292020 or later
• 1,1772010 to 2019
• 2,8172000 to 2009
• 2,2341990 to 1999
• 1,9821980 to 1989
• 2,0721970 to 1979
• 9861960 to 1969
• 3431950 to 1959
• 3991940 to 1949
• 1,4191939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Polk County, Missouri

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Polk County, Missouri
• 501 room
• 392 rooms
• 1593 rooms
• 8024 rooms
• 1,8165 rooms
• 2,0276 rooms
• 1,2957 rooms
• 1,2268 rooms
• 1,2609+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Polk County, Missouri
• 911 room
• 2032 rooms
• 5453 rooms
• 9964 rooms
• 5575 rooms
• 3916 rooms
• 3397 rooms
• 2318 rooms
• 999+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Polk County, Missouri

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Polk County, Missouri
• 51no bedroom
• 1831 bedroom
• 1,1862 bedrooms
• 5,2733 bedrooms
• 1,5434 bedrooms
• 4265+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Polk County, Missouri
• 105no bedroom
• 6421 bedroom
• 1,3732 bedrooms
• 1,0623 bedrooms
• 2284 bedrooms
• 135+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Polk County, Missouri in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Polk County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 240no vehicle
• 1,7101 vehicle
• 3,4882 vehicles
• 2,1733 vehicles
• 7764 vehicles
• 2905+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Polk County in renter-occupied apartments
• 459no vehicle
• 1,6491 vehicle
• 8912 vehicles
• 3003 vehicles
• 944 vehicles
• 325+ vehicles

85.4% of Polk County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Missouri.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 21,411
• Other state: 10,034
• Northeast: 553
• Midwest: 4,584
• South: 2,362
• West: 2,566

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 715
• Number of aged recipients: 46
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 669
• Number of recipients under 18: 98
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 505
• Number of recipients older than 64: 112
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 278
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 335