City safety & data profile

WarrensburgMO

Warrensburg, MO is a 20K-resident city in Johnson County with a median household income of $57,067.

Johnson County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Warrensburg, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Warrensburg has a population larger than 44% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $222,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

20K
Population (place)
Bottom 45%
By size
$57,067
Median income (place)
$222,200
Median home (place)
16.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Warrensburg

Warrensburg posts a median household income higher than 18% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Warrensburg area.

Bottom 19%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Warrensburg

Where Warrensburg income ranks nationally

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

$57,067 Bottom 18% higher than 18% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Warrensburg $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 Warrensburg, MO beyond the headline numbers

Warrensburg sits inside Johnson County, Missouri, at roughly 38.76°N, -93.74°W. Population 19,927, $57,067 median household income. Median home value $222,200, median rent $921. Poverty rate 16.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

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

Poverty in Warrensburg, MO stands at 16.2%, 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.

The median home in Warrensburg costs roughly 3.9 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Only 3.6% of Warrensburg 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: 21.9% in Warrensburg, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Warrensburg'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 Warrensburg 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)
19,927
Warrensburg · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$57,067
-36% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$222,200
-46% vs avg
Median Age (place)
24.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Johnson County): Warrensburg'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
55K+2%
Median Income
$67,272+42%
Median Home Value
$235,700+69%
Poverty Rate
11.8%-33%
Unemployment
4.2%-48%

Economics

Economics indicators for Warrensburg, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$921/mo
Poverty Rate
16.2% +31% vs avg
Unemployment 5.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 37.8%
Work From Home 3.6%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 81.1%
African American 6.4%
Asian 3%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.9%

Health Profile 14 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
39.3%
Obesity
34.6%
High Blood Pressure
26.5%
Physical Inactivity
26.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.9%
Binge Drinking
18.5%
Current Smoking
14.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.7%
Current Asthma
11%
Lack of Health Insurance
9.1%

Preventive Care

Annual Checkup 75.1%

Other Measures

Diabetes
8.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.7%
Stroke
2.5%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
WESTERN MISSOURI MEDICAL CENTER
WARRENSBURG · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Warrensburg?

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

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Sheet MO-WARRENSBURG · Warrensburg

Warrensburg: 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 Warrensburg; 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 Warrensburg, MO? ▼
Warrensburg, MO has a population of 19,927 people, located in Johnson County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Warrensburg? ▼
The median household income in Warrensburg, MO is $57,067 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16.2%.
What is the median home value in Warrensburg? ▼
The median home value in Warrensburg, MO is $222,200. Median rent is $921/month.
What are the top health concerns in Warrensburg? ▼
The top health indicators in Warrensburg include Short Sleep Duration (39.3%), Obesity (34.6%), High Blood Pressure (26.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Warrensburg? ▼
Warrensburg has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Warrensburg? ▼
The median age in Warrensburg, MO is 24.8 years. 37.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MO (16.2% here).

Odessa, TX 16.2% Texas City, TX 16.2% Niles, OH 16.2% Hibbing, MN 16.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($57,067 here).

Tucson, AZ $57,073 Lufkin, TX $57,048 Alamo, TX $57,096 Middletown, OH $57,102

Compare Warrensburg with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Sedalia, MO 22K Grain Valley, MO 13K Blue Springs, MO 54K Marshall, MO 13K Lee's Summit, MO 95K East Independence, MO 111K Raymore, MO 20K Independence, MO 117K
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Using Warrensburg'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 Warrensburg area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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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 (Johnson 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.