City safety & data profile

SikestonMO

Sikeston, MO is a 16K-resident city in Scott County with a median household income of $58,915.

Scott County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Sikeston, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Sikeston has a population larger than 33% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $168,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 34%
By size
$58,915
Median income (place)
$168,800
Median home (place)
14.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Sikeston

Sikeston posts a median household income higher than 21% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Sikeston area.

Bottom 22%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Sikeston

Where Sikeston income ranks nationally

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

$58,915 Bottom 21% higher than 21% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Sikeston $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 Sikeston, MO beyond the headline numbers

Sikeston sits inside Scott County, Missouri, at roughly 36.88°N, -89.59°W. Population 16,436, $58,915 median household income. Median home value $168,800, median rent $891. Poverty rate 14.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

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

Poverty in Sikeston, MO stands at 14.2%, 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 Sikeston runs about 2.9 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 3.7% of Sikeston 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, physical inactivity departs furthest from its peer median: 38.5% in Sikeston, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

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

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Sikeston 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)
16,436
Sikeston · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$58,915
-34% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$168,800
-59% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Scott County): Sikeston'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
38K-3%
Median Income
$62,782+54%
Median Home Value
$154,400+60%
Poverty Rate
12.8%-33%
Unemployment
2.9%-64%

Economics

Economics indicators for Sikeston, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$891/mo
Poverty Rate
14.2% +15% vs avg
Unemployment 3.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 27.5%
Work From Home 3.7%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 69.1%
African American 21.4%
Asian 0.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 7%

Health Profile 14 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
42.4%
High Blood Pressure
42%
Obesity
40.4%
Physical Inactivity
38.5%
Current Smoking
19.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
16.5%
Diabetes
14.9%
Binge Drinking
13.4%
Current Asthma
11.6%

Preventive Care

Annual Checkup 80.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
10.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.9%
Stroke
4.6%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER
SIKESTON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Sikeston?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MO-SIKESTON · Sikeston

Sikeston: 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 Sikeston; 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 Sikeston, MO? ▼
Sikeston, MO has a population of 16,436 people, located in Scott County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Sikeston? ▼
The median household income in Sikeston, MO is $58,915 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.2%.
What is the median home value in Sikeston? ▼
The median home value in Sikeston, MO is $168,800. Median rent is $891/month.
What are the top health concerns in Sikeston? ▼
The top health indicators in Sikeston include Short Sleep Duration (42.4%), High Blood Pressure (42%), Obesity (40.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Sikeston? ▼
Sikeston has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Sikeston? ▼
The median age in Sikeston, MO is 38.2 years. 27.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MO (14.2% here).

Warner Robins, GA 14.2% Lynnwood, WA 14.2% Columbia, TN 14.2% Santa Paula, CA 14.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($58,915 here).

Fort Campbell North, KY $58,933 Tavares, FL $58,886 Norfolk, NE $58,884 Bartlesville, OK $58,869

Compare Sikeston with another city

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Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Cape Girardeau, MO 39K Jackson, MO 15K Union City, TN 11K Kennett, MO 11K Poplar Bluff, MO 17K Dyersburg, TN 17K Martin, TN 11K Carbondale, IL 26K
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Using Sikeston'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 Sikeston 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 Sikeston 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 (Scott 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.