City safety & data profile

MexicoMO

Mexico, MO is a 12K-resident city in Audrain County with a median household income of $50,873.

Audrain County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Mexico, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Mexico has a population larger than 11% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $139,800.

Data updated 2026-09-04

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 12%
By size
$50,873
Median income (place)
$139,800
Median home (place)
17.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Mexico

Mexico posts a median household income higher than 10% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 recent safety alert is on record.

Bottom 11%
by median income, US cities
1
safety alert on record

Where Mexico income ranks nationally

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

$50,873 Bottom 10% higher than 10% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Mexico $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 Mexico, MO beyond the headline numbers

Mexico sits inside Audrain County, Missouri, at roughly 39.17°N, -91.88°W. Population 11,660, $50,873 median household income. Median home value $139,800, median rent $686. Poverty rate 17.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

17.8% of Mexico, 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 Mexico runs about 2.7 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 2.1% of Mexico 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, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 4.7% in Mexico, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Mexico 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)
11,660
Mexico · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$50,873
-43% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$139,800
-66% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Audrain County): Mexico'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-4%
Median Income
$59,448+38%
Median Home Value
$143,100+58%
Poverty Rate
17.8%+5%
Unemployment
4.3%-45%

Economics

Economics indicators for Mexico, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$686/mo
Poverty Rate
17.8% +44% vs avg
Unemployment 7.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 17.2%
Work From Home 2.1%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 84.4%
African American 7.1%
Asian 0.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
40.4%
Short Sleep Duration
40.1%
Obesity
39.5%
Physical Inactivity
35.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.2%
Current Smoking
19.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
17.2%
Binge Drinking
15.1%
Diabetes
14.4%
Current Asthma
11.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 54.2%
Annual Checkup 79.4%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
10%
Coronary Heart Disease
8.7%
Stroke
4.7%

What alerts and safety updates affect Mexico? 1

Earthquakes

M 4.3 Light Earthquake Strikes Near Topolobampo, Mexico

USGS ·

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MO-MEXICO · Mexico

Mexico: 336 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 336 on record
  • WX-LED 77% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · CPSC/FDA/NHTSA · USGS
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset
  • RANK-MID #58 tagged volume

Tagged alert mix: Mexico

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 336 tagged notices on record for Mexico.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ300)

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

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (336 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Mexico, MO? ▼
Mexico, MO has a population of 11,660 people, located in Audrain County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Mexico? ▼
The median household income in Mexico, MO is $50,873 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 17.8%.
What is the median home value in Mexico? ▼
The median home value in Mexico, MO is $139,800. Median rent is $686/month.
What are the top health concerns in Mexico? ▼
The top health indicators in Mexico include High Blood Pressure (40.4%), Short Sleep Duration (40.1%), Obesity (39.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Mexico? ▼
The median age in Mexico, MO is 37.3 years. 17.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MO (17.8% here).

Lafayette, IN 17.8% Paragould, AR 17.8% Emporia, KS 17.8% East Lake-Orient Park, FL 17.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($50,873 here).

Richmond, KY $50,870 Union City, TN $50,870 Russellville, AR $50,877 Kewanee, IL $50,886

Compare Mexico with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Fulton, MO 13K Columbia, MO 129K Moberly, MO 14K Jefferson City, MO 43K Hannibal, MO 18K Quincy, IL 41K Troy, MO 12K Washington, MO 14K
All cities in Missouri → Compare Mexico vs Fulton → All comparisons → Browse all cities

Using Mexico'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 Mexico 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 Mexico 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 (Audrain 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.