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Independence, MO (Missouri) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $165,200 (it was $76,000 in 2000)
Independence:

$165,200
Missouri:

$221,200
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $117,700 - $235,700

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $185,340
Here:

$185,340
State:

$278,068

Townhouses or other attached units: $175,497
Here:

$175,497
State:

$260,773

In 2-unit structures: $143,622
Here:

$143,622
State:

$172,667

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $164,614
Here:

$164,614
State:

$263,082

Mobile homes: $36,231
Here:

$36,231
State:

$95,912

Total population: 117,494 (Urban population: 110,228, Rural population: 2,979 (100 farm, 2,879 nonfarm))

Houses: 57,341 (53,919 occupied: 33,865 owner occupied, 20,054 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

37%
State:

32%

Housing density: 732 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $125,440.

Median contract rent in 2022: $783 (lower quartile is $580, upper quartile is $1,014)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $501


Median gross rent in Independence, MO in 2022: $1,036

Housing units in Independence with a mortgage: 20,169 (1,143 second mortgage, 105 home equity loan, 991 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 147

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $74,129

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $53,255

Median monthly housing costs: $993

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Independence, Missouri Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1966

Median year apartment built: 1975

Household type by relationship:

Households: 121,211
  • Male householders: 26,627 (9,524 living alone), Female householders: 27,292 (10,612 living alone)
  • 18,686 spouses (18,311 opposite-sex spouses), 5,973 unmarried partners, (5,656 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 30,700 children (28,278 natural, 454 adopted, 1,968 stepchildren), 2,544 grandchildren, 1,040 brothers or sisters, 1,027 parents, 0 foster children, 2,876 other relatives, 2,931 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 1,515

Size of family households: 15,232 2-persons, 6,237 3-persons, 4,345 4-persons, 2,153 5-persons, 1,207 6-persons, 690 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 20,136 1-person, 3,257 2-persons, 253 3-persons, 409 4-persons.

12,639 married couples with children.
12,031 single-parent households (4,908 men, 7,123 women).

93.4% of residents of Independence speak English at home.
5.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 7,445 (6.1%)
(41.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.0
State:

6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.3
State:

4.4

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Independence, Missouri
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Independence, Missouri
  • 126no bedroom
  • 5831 bedroom
  • 7,4632 bedrooms
  • 18,6303 bedrooms
  • 6,4694 bedrooms
  • 5945+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Independence, Missouri
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Independence, Missouri
  • 678no bedroom
  • 5,4191 bedroom
  • 7,9272 bedrooms
  • 5,3053 bedrooms
  • 5264 bedrooms
  • 1995+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Independence in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Independence in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 1,042no vehicle
  • 10,6621 vehicle
  • 14,3842 vehicles
  • 5,3553 vehicles
  • 1,6864 vehicles
  • 7365+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Independence in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Independence in renter-occupied apartments
  • 2,587no vehicle
  • 10,9081 vehicle
  • 5,0252 vehicles
  • 1,0063 vehicles
  • 954 vehicles
  • 4335+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Independence, Missouri
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Independence, Missouri
  • 1261 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 1,1153 rooms
  • 2,7564 rooms
  • 8,5945 rooms
  • 8,5576 rooms
  • 5,3007 rooms
  • 3,6708 rooms
  • 3,7479+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Independence, Missouri
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Independence, Missouri
  • 5771 room
  • 1,1972 rooms
  • 4,7183 rooms
  • 4,2024 rooms
  • 3,5285 rooms
  • 3,5646 rooms
  • 1,2117 rooms
  • 4458 rooms
  • 6129+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Independence, MO
  • Independence, MO household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Independence, MO in 2022
  • 3,759Less than $10,000
  • 4,601$10,000 to $19,999
  • 5,219$20,000 to $29,999
  • 5,147$30,000 to $39,999
  • 5,696$40,000 to $49,999
  • 5,384$50,000 to $59,999
  • 5,644$60,000 to $74,999
  • 7,025$75,000 to $99,999
  • 4,890$100,000 to $124,999
  • 2,774$125,000 to $149,999
  • 1,849$150,000 to $199,999
  • 1,931$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Independence, MO

  • Distribution of house value in Independence, MO in 2022
  • 310Less than $10,000
  • 117$10,000 to $14,999
  • 154$15,000 to $19,999
  • 119$20,000 to $24,999
  • 117$25,000 to $29,999
  • 68$30,000 to $34,999
  • 389$35,000 to $39,999
  • 689$40,000 to $49,999
  • 329$50,000 to $59,999
  • 368$60,000 to $69,999
  • 432$70,000 to $79,999
  • 1,338$80,000 to $89,999
  • 573$90,000 to $99,999
  • 4,887$100,000 to $124,999
  • 3,960$125,000 to $149,999
  • 5,057$150,000 to $174,999
  • 3,238$175,000 to $199,999
  • 4,562$200,000 to $249,999
  • 2,837$250,000 to $299,999
  • 3,045$300,000 to $399,999
  • 707$400,000 to $499,999
  • 473$500,000 to $749,999
  • 96$750,000 to $999,999
  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Independence, MO

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Independence, MO in 2022
  • 234Less than $100
  • 312$150 to $199
  • 167$200 to $249
  • 454$250 to $299
  • 357$300 to $349
  • 393$350 to $399
  • 503$400 to $449
  • 1,960$500 to $549
  • 810$550 to $599
  • 354$600 to $649
  • 1,790$650 to $699
  • 1,428$700 to $749
  • 1,452$750 to $799
  • 2,664$800 to $899
  • 1,526$900 to $999
  • 3,309$1,000 to $1,249
  • 1,290$1,250 to $1,499
  • 326$1,500 to $1,999
  • 120$2,000 to $2,499
  • 605No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 75.8%
Number of people working at home: 6,637 (11.7% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 1,192
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 4,360
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 4,209
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 9,024
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 9,185
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 5,011
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 7,089
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 1,452
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 2,384
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 4,079
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 1,082
  • 90 or more minutes: 1,252
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Independence

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 29,924 (76.3%)
  • Carpooled: 2,509 (6.4%)
  • Bus: 86 (0.2%)
  • Ferryboat: 3 (0.0%)
  • Taxi: 193 (0.5%)
  • Bicycle: 24 (0.1%)
  • Walked: 184 (0.5%)
  • Worked at home: 6,637 (16.9%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 2.5%Males
  • 6.1%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 7.2%Males
  • 3.5%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Asian residents
  • 5.4%Males
  • 2.0%Females
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 2.1%Males
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 6.0%Males
  • 2.8%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 2.5%Males
  • 1.6%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Independence, Missouri
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Independence, Missouri
  • 1,3902010 or later
  • 1,5582000 to 2009
  • 9091990 to 1999
  • 6551980 to 1989
  • 4361970 to 1979
  • 798Before 1970
Ancestries in Independence, MO

First ancestries reported:

  • European: 11,406 (17.4%)
  • German: 7,712 (11.8%)
  • American: 6,494 (9.9%)
  • Irish: 5,252 (8.0%)
  • English: 4,741 (7.2%)
  • Scottish: 1,468 (2.2%)
  • Italian: 1,410 (2.2%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 806 (1.2%)
  • French: 521 (0.8%)
  • Swedish: 485 (0.7%)
  • Polish: 431 (0.7%)
  • Welsh: 259 (0.4%)
  • Portuguese: 256 (0.4%)
  • Norwegian: 245 (0.4%)
  • Dutch: 228 (0.3%)
  • British: 204 (0.3%)
  • Scandinavian: 198 (0.3%)
  • Czech: 171 (0.3%)
  • Canadian: 153 (0.2%)
  • African: 123 (0.2%)
  • Croatian: 120 (0.2%)
  • Russian: 104 (0.2%)
  • French Canadian: 88 (0.1%)
  • Romanian: 87 (0.1%)
  • Danish: 82 (0.1%)
  • Slovak: 75 (0.1%)
  • Jamaican: 67 (0.1%)
  • Greek: 61 (0.09%)
  • Hungarian: 57 (0.09%)
  • Lebanese: 52 (0.08%)
  • Northern European: 44 (0.07%)
  • Swiss: 44 (0.07%)
  • Syrian: 43 (0.07%)
  • Iranian: 31 (0.05%)
  • Haitian: 28 (0.04%)
  • Zimbabwean: 27 (0.04%)
  • Latvian: 25 (0.04%)
  • Nigerian: 24 (0.04%)
  • Luxembourger: 23 (0.04%)
  • Czechoslovakian: 20 (0.03%)
  • Belgian: 19 (0.03%)
  • Finnish: 17 (0.03%)
  • Yugoslavian: 15 (0.02%)
  • Eastern European: 13 (0.02%)
  • Serbian: 7 (0.01%)
  • Somali: 7 (0.01%)
  • Armenian: 6 (0.01%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico
Independence:

34.0% (1,744)
Missouri:

14.9% (38,568)

Honduras
Independence:

9.5% (488)
Missouri:

2.1% (5,346)

Guatemala
Independence:

7.4% (381)
Missouri:

2.8% (7,146)

El Salvador
Independence:

5.2% (264)
Missouri:

1.5% (3,926)

Canada
Independence:

4.4% (224)
Missouri:

1.9% (4,806)

Philippines
Independence:

4.2% (215)
Missouri:

4.2% (10,873)

India
Independence:

4.1% (209)
Missouri:

8.9% (22,932)

Germany
Independence:

3.6% (182)
Missouri:

3.0% (7,803)

Oceania, n.e.c.
Independence:

2.8% (142)
Missouri:

0.3% (724)

Cuba
Independence:

2.7% (139)
Missouri:

1.1% (2,867)

Dominican Republic
Independence:

2.6% (133)
Missouri:

0.3% (832)

Vietnam
Independence:

2.3% (116)
Missouri:

4.1% (10,700)

Korea
Independence:

2.0% (105)
Missouri:

2.9% (7,525)

Thailand
Independence:

1.7% (86)
Missouri:

1.0% (2,597)

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

  • This state: 73,455
  • Other state: 39,098
  • Northeast: 1,689
  • Midwest: 19,823
  • South: 8,281
  • West: 9,305

88.8% of Independence residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41.6% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 49.9% lived in Missouri.


Independence:

88.8%
State average:

87.1%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 602
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 115
  • 5th and 6th grade: 127
  • 7th and 8th grade: 559
  • 9th grade: 254
  • 10th grade: 439
  • 11th grade: 881
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 1,144
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 16,502
  • Less than 1 year of college: 2,959
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,849
  • Associate degree: 2,801
  • Bachelor's degree: 5,387
  • Master's degree: 1,428
  • Professional school degree: 508
  • Doctorate degree: 107
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 642
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 166
  • 5th and 6th grade: 254
  • 7th and 8th grade: 896
  • 9th grade: 431
  • 10th grade: 504
  • 11th grade: 1,343
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 657
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 14,761
  • Less than 1 year of college: 4,181
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,262
  • Associate degree: 3,664
  • Bachelor's degree: 5,657
  • Master's degree: 3,116
  • Professional school degree: 279
  • Doctorate degree: 103
Educational Attainment for Females
Independence marital status for males
Independence marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 40,881
  • One, attached: 1,696
  • Two: 2,014
  • 3 or 4: 1,980
  • 5 to 9: 2,994
  • 10 to 19: 3,057
  • 20 to 49: 1,355
  • 50 or more: 2,266
  • Mobile homes: 1,098

Median worth of mobile homes: $29,300

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.2%

House/condo owner moved in on average 11 years ago

Renter moved in on average 3 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Independence
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Independence, MO
  • 86.9%Utility gas
  • 10.5%Electricity
  • 1.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.6%Wood
  • 0.2%No fuel used
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Independence, MO
  • 65.4%Utility gas
  • 30.9%Electricity
  • 1.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.3%Wood
  • 0.5%No fuel used
  • 0.1%Other fuel

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,766
Here:

13.4%
Missouri:

15.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 473
Here:

8.6%
Missouri:

13.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 359
Here:

12.0%
Missouri:

22.6%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability