City safety & data profile

NeoshoMO

Neosho, MO is a 12K-resident city in Newton County with a median household income of $57,891.

Newton County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Neosho, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Neosho has a population larger than 14% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $163,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 15%
By size
$57,891
Median income (place)
$163,400
Median home (place)
15.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Neosho

Neosho posts a median household income higher than 19% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Neosho area.

Bottom 20%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Neosho

Where Neosho income ranks nationally

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

$57,891 Bottom 19% higher than 19% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Neosho $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 Neosho, MO beyond the headline numbers

Neosho sits inside Newton County, Missouri, at roughly 36.87°N, -94.37°W. Population 12,156, $57,891 median household income. Median home value $163,400, median rent $745. Poverty rate 15.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Neosho, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Neosho, MO stands at 15.2%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Neosho runs about 2.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 5% of Neosho 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, current smoking departs furthest from its peer median: 18.5% in Neosho, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Neosho workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Neosho's median age is 33 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Neosho 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)
12,156
Neosho · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$57,891
-35% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$163,400
-60% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Newton County): Neosho'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
60K+3%
Median Income
$66,301+57%
Median Home Value
$190,700+77%
Poverty Rate
13.5%-10%
Unemployment
5.9%-18%

Economics

Economics indicators for Neosho, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$745/mo
Poverty Rate
15.2% +23% vs avg
Unemployment 4.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 21.7%
Work From Home 5%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 70.9%
African American 1%
Asian 0.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 13.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
39.6%
Short Sleep Duration
38.8%
High Blood Pressure
35.9%
Physical Inactivity
32.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
19.7%
Current Smoking
18.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.1%
Binge Drinking
15.4%
Diabetes
12.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
12.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.6%
Annual Checkup 76.7%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.1%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.3%
Stroke
3.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
FREEMAN NEOSHO HOSPITAL
NEOSHO · Critical Access Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Neosho?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MO-NEOSHO · Neosho

Neosho: 8 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 8 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Central

Tagged alert mix: Neosho

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 8 tagged notices on record for Neosho.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Central, LA (8 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Neosho; 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 (8 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Central, LA 8 alerts Dallas, TX 7 alerts Leicester, MA 7 alerts Albuquerque, NM 10 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Neosho, MO? ▼
Neosho, MO has a population of 12,156 people, located in Newton County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Neosho? ▼
The median household income in Neosho, MO is $57,891 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.2%.
What is the median home value in Neosho? ▼
The median home value in Neosho, MO is $163,400. Median rent is $745/month.
What are the top health concerns in Neosho? ▼
The top health indicators in Neosho include Obesity (39.6%), Short Sleep Duration (38.8%), High Blood Pressure (35.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Neosho? ▼
Neosho has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Neosho? ▼
The median age in Neosho, MO is 33 years. 21.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MO (15.2% here).

Pompano Beach, FL 15.2% Davenport, IA 15.2% Grand Island, NE 15.2% Ashland, OR 15.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($57,891 here).

Dolton, IL $57,887 Snyder, TX $57,902 Chippewa Falls, WI $57,873 Watervliet, NY $57,919

Compare Neosho 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

Joplin, MO 52K Webb City, MO 11K Carthage, MO 14K Bella Vista, AR 28K Miami, OK 14K Centerton, AR 12K Bentonville, AR 44K Rogers, AR 63K
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Using Neosho'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 Neosho 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 Neosho 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 (Newton 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.