City · Livingston County, Missouri

Chillicothe, Missouri

Chillicothe is a city in Livingston County, Missouri. It has 8,923 residents. Chillicothe, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 46 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,403 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #159 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an emergency room (low), social associations (high) and rent-burdened households (low). It ranks worst on broadband subscriptions (low), job growth (low) and mental health care shortage (high).

46Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,403 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #159 of 375 in MO
Population: 8,923 (2020-2024)
Land area: 8 mi²
Density: 1,167.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 2913690

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety52#7,508/15,637
Economy16#13,147/15,631
Housing94#954/14,977
Health22#12,175/15,609
Healthcare36#10,047/15,650
Environment75#3,875/15,453
Education45#8,579/15,649
Infrastructure21#12,377/15,650
Community64#5,576/15,651
Leisure & amenities58#6,513/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Chillicothe, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Livingston County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Distance to an emergency room · low2.8 mi
96/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLivingston County value
Social associations · high17.2 /10k
95/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLivingston County value
Rent-burdened households · low37.3%
95/100Missouri 45.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Drought exposure · low1%
94/100Missouri 33%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAALivingston County value
Rent as share of income · low24.1%
92/100Missouri 28.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Property crime rate · low445 /100k
92/100Missouri 1,644 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationLivingston County value

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low73.7%
1/100Missouri 89.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Job growth · low-4.7%
2/100Missouri 0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataLivingston County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Missouri 13.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationLivingston County value
Average weekly wage · low$890
5/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLivingston County value
Frequent mental distress · high21.2%
10/100Missouri 19.8%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Depression · high28.4%
13/100Missouri 25.1%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
31.3% (2015-2019) → 22.1% (2020-2024)
−9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.5% (2015-2019) → 73.7% (2020-2024)
+9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$40,822 (2015-2019) → $54,493 (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
22.6% (2015-2019) → 16.8% (2020-2024)
−5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Average commute timeWorsening
14.4 min (2015-2019) → 17.8 min (2020-2024)
+23%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.416 (2015-2019) → 0.481 (2020-2024)
+15%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Chillicothe, Missouri improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Household income+33%$40,822 → $54,493
Broadband+9.2 points64.5% → 73.7%

Declined1

Inequality+0.0640.416 → 0.481

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Chillicothe, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	14.4 min2015-2019	17.8 min2020-2024	+3.3 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%2015-2019	16.1%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Broadband subscriptions	64.5%2015-2019	73.7%2020-2024	+9.2 points	Improved	56%
Child poverty rate	31.3%2015-2019	22.1%2020-2024	−9.2 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Effective property tax rate	1.00%2015-2019	0.89%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	83.8%2015-2019	83.3%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4162015-2019	0.4812020-2024	+0.064	Declined	11%
Median household income	$40,8222015-2019	$54,4932020-2024	+33%	Improved	62%
Poverty rate	22.6%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Rent as share of income	23.8%2015-2019	24.1%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent-burdened households	39.0%2015-2019	37.3%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Unemployment rate	2.4%2015-2019	3.6%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.1%2015-2019	16.2%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	58%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Chillicothe, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Chillicothe, Missouri in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Chillicothe, Missouri itself moved −6.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

8,923 residents (±412)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,390 households (±216)

Chillicothe, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k21%695
$25k–50k24%797
$50k–75k24%802

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,390 households (±216)

Chillicothe, Missouri
Missouri share

Own63%2,151
Rent37%1,239

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+10.2 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,544 workers (±293)

Chillicothe, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone87%3,084
Carpool5.5%†195
Public transit0.4%†13

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Livingston County, the county holding most of Chillicothe's residents.

Livingston County has 391 employer establishments, 268 for every 10,000 residents (1.08× the US rate of 248; 1.10× Missouri's), with 5,093 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,334. The Census Bureau also counts 1,146 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 391; 1,146 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 268; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 5,093
Average annual pay: $43,334; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Livingston County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	28	19.2	1.24×About typical	123	$50,211	139
Restaurants and other eating places	25	17.1	0.93×About typical	473	$16,510	—
Ambulatory health care services	21	14.4	0.69×Fewer than typical	180	$56,683	31
Religious organizations	18	12.3	2.22×More than typical	127	$20,677	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	16	11	2.49×More than typical	33	$61,848	22
Building equipment contractors	13	8.9	1.48×More than typical	63	$53,000	23
Full-service restaurants	11	7.5	0.98×About typical	199	$16,683	—
Truck transportation	11	7.5	1.49×More than typical	81	$65,444	45
Clothing and accessories stores	10	6.8	1.89×More than typical	45	$18,667	15
Limited-service restaurants	9	6.2	0.77×Too few to compare	203	$16,744	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	8	5.5	1.09×Too few to compare	57	$54,053	17
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	8	5.5	3.32×Too few to compare	197	$32,766	—

Rank places for an industry Open Livingston County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,608 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $3,897 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Chillicothe, Missouri: $0.44 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3,897
Per resident: $0.44; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 77%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Aviation Administration$2,99377%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$90423%

Top recipients

PROW'ESS CONSTRUCTION CORP.$2,99377%
MIDLAND SURVEYING, INC.$90423%

Spending by fiscal year

3KFY2017
0FY2018
637.8FY2019
1.2MFY2020
551.6FY2024
3.9KFY2026

What was bought

Construction & real property$2,99377%

Top industries (NAICS)

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Chillicothe, Missouri, so they do not add up across cities.

Chillicothe, Missouri's figures are part of those of Livingston County, MO ($131K in FY2026), never added to them: 3.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Chillicothe is mostly in Livingston County.

See federal money in Livingston County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Chillicothe, Missouri is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Sam GravesR-MO-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 7.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Livingston County58100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Livingston County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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