City safety & data profile

WashingtonMO

Washington, MO is a 14K-resident city in Franklin County with a median household income of $79,173.

Franklin County, Missouri. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Washington, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Washington has a population larger than 23% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $231,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 24%
By size
$79,173
Median income (place)
$231,800
Median home (place)
7.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Washington

Washington posts a median household income higher than 48% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Washington area.

Bottom 49%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Washington

Where Washington income ranks nationally

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

$79,173 Bottom 48% higher than 48% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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

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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 Washington, MO beyond the headline numbers

Washington sits inside Franklin County, Missouri, at roughly 38.56°N, -91.01°W. Population 14,050, $79,173 median household income. Median home value $231,800, median rent $827. Poverty rate 7.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

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

At 7.9%, poverty in Washington, MO runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Washington runs about 2.9 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 12.2% of Washington workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 7.3% in Washington, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

At 43.1 years, Washington's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Washington 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)
14,050
Washington · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$79,173
-11% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$231,800
-44% vs avg
Median Age (place)
43.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Franklin County): Washington'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
106K+4%
Median Income
$73,165+50%
Median Home Value
$227,600+51%
Poverty Rate
8.2%-34%
Unemployment
4.3%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Washington, MO
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$827/mo
Poverty Rate
7.9% -36% vs avg
Unemployment 3.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 32.3%
Work From Home 12.2%
Public Transit 0.5%

Population

White 91.9%
African American 0.3%
Asian 0.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
38.7%
High Blood Pressure
37.2%
Short Sleep Duration
32.9%
Physical Inactivity
28.3%
Binge Drinking
17%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.6%
Current Smoking
14.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.4%
Diabetes
12%
Current Asthma
10.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 64.5%
Annual Checkup 79.6%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.3%
Stroke
3.7%

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
MERCY HOSPITAL WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Washington?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MO-WASHINGTON-MO · Washington

Washington: 147 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 147 on record
  • WX-LED 80% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · CPSC/FDA/NHTSA · USGS
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Washington

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 147 tagged notices on record for Washington.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ111)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Washington; 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 (147 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 6

What is the population of Washington, MO? ▼
Washington, MO has a population of 14,050 people, located in Franklin County, Missouri.
What is the median household income in Washington? ▼
The median household income in Washington, MO is $79,173 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.9%.
What is the median home value in Washington? ▼
The median home value in Washington, MO is $231,800. Median rent is $827/month.
What are the top health concerns in Washington? ▼
The top health indicators in Washington include Obesity (38.7%), High Blood Pressure (37.2%), Short Sleep Duration (32.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Washington? ▼
Washington has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Washington? ▼
The median age in Washington, MO is 43.1 years. 32.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MO (7.9% here).

Chandler, AZ 7.9% Alexandria, VA 7.9% Lewisville, TX 7.9% Clifton, NJ 7.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MO ($79,173 here).

Parkville, MD $79,178 Irondequoit, NY $79,162 Kearny, NJ $79,154 Huber Heights, OH $79,131

Compare Washington 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

Union, MO 11K Wentzville, MO 36K Lake Saint Louis, MO 15K Wildwood, MO 36K Dardenne Prairie, MO 13K Eureka, MO 11K O'Fallon, MO 85K Troy, MO 12K
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Using Washington'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 Washington 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 Washington 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 (Franklin 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.