City safety & data profile

KirksvilleMO

Kirksville, MO is a 18K-resident city in Adair County with a median household income of $50,071.

Adair County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Kirksville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Kirksville has a population larger than 36% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $153,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

18K
Population (place)
Bottom 37%
By size
$50,071
Median income (place)
$153,900
Median home (place)
28.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Kirksville

Kirksville posts a median household income higher than 9% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Kirksville area.

Bottom 10%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Kirksville

Where Kirksville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$50,071 Bottom 9% higher than 9% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Kirksville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MO

Population among 83 MO places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Kansas City is the largest MO city on this list; Town and Country leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MO

Median household income among the same 83-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Town and Country posts the highest place-level median income in MO; Kansas City is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Kirksville, MO beyond the headline numbers

Kirksville sits inside Adair County, Missouri, at roughly 40.19°N, -92.58°W. Population 17,520, $50,071 median household income. Median home value $153,900, median rent $775. Poverty rate 28.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Kirksville, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

28.2% of Kirksville, MO residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Kirksville runs about 3.1 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 6.7% of Kirksville workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 21.2% in Kirksville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Kirksville workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Kirksville's median age is 24.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Kirksville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
17,520
Kirksville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$50,071
-44% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$153,900
-63% vs avg
Median Age (place)
24.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Adair County): Kirksville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
25K-1%
Median Income
$61,536+77%
Median Home Value
$165,700+62%
Poverty Rate
22%-7%
Unemployment
4.1%-39%

Economics

Economics indicators for Kirksville, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$775/mo
Poverty Rate
28.2% +127% vs avg
Unemployment 4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 40.3%
Work From Home 6.7%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 84.7%
African American 6.4%
Asian 2.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.9%
Obesity
35.1%
Physical Inactivity
28.6%
High Blood Pressure
28.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.2%
Binge Drinking
17.4%
Current Smoking
14.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.4%
Current Asthma
11.3%
Diabetes
9.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 57.3%
Annual Checkup 75.6%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.4%
Stroke
2.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
NORTHEAST REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
KIRKSVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Kirksville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Kirksville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet MO-KIRKSVILLE · Kirksville

Kirksville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Kirksville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Missouri state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Kirksville, MO? ▼
Kirksville, MO has a population of 17,520 people, located in Adair County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Kirksville? ▼
The median household income in Kirksville, MO is $50,071 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 28.2%.
What is the median home value in Kirksville? ▼
The median home value in Kirksville, MO is $153,900. Median rent is $775/month.
What are the top health concerns in Kirksville? ▼
The top health indicators in Kirksville include Short Sleep Duration (38.9%), Obesity (35.1%), Physical Inactivity (28.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Kirksville? ▼
Kirksville has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Kirksville? ▼
The median age in Kirksville, MO is 24.8 years. 40.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Kirksville, both outside Missouri so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MO (28.2% here).

Gadsden, AL 28.1% Ozark, AL 28.1% Portales, NM 28.1% Sweetwater, TX 28.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($50,071 here).

Phenix City, AL $50,053 Buffalo, NY $50,041 Kiryas Joel, NY $50,032 Trotwood, OH $50,113

Compare Kirksville with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Moberly, MO 14K Ottumwa, IA 25K Oskaloosa, IA 12K Quincy, IL 41K Keokuk, IA 11K Marshall, MO 13K Mexico, MO 12K Pella, IA 10K
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Using Kirksville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Kirksville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Kirksville against Missouri peers on any ranking lens. Explore Missouri

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Adair County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.