Scores by category

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

Safety4#15,055/15,637
Economy25#11,795/15,631
Housing45#8,195/14,977
Health11#13,924/15,609
Healthcare39#9,606/15,650
Environment68#4,993/15,453
Education30#10,973/15,649
Infrastructure22#12,270/15,650
Community41#9,176/15,651
Leisure & amenities32#10,610/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clinton, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Henry 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

Pharmacies · high3.5 /10k
98/100Missouri 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHenry County value
Average commute time · low13.6 min
98/100Missouri 23.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Preventable hospital stays · low1,484 /100k
97/100Missouri 3,034 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHenry County value
Students per teacher · low11.6×
90/100Missouri 12.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsHenry County value
Social associations · high14.2 /10k
88/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHenry County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.386
82/100Missouri 0.465United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Violent crime rate · high950 /100k
1/100Missouri 418 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationHenry County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Missouri 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHenry County value
Food environment index · low6.2
5/100Missouri 6.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHenry County value
Flu vaccinations · low28.0%
5/100Missouri 44.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHenry County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Missouri 9.4United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationHenry County value
Broadband subscriptions · low82.7%
8/100Missouri 89.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
42.0% (2015-2019) → 15.4% (2020-2024)
−27 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
48.7% (2015-2019) → 66.1% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
26.2% (2015-2019) → 15.2% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$38,233 (2015-2019) → $51,250 (2020-2024)
+34%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
High school diploma or higherImproving
85.7% (2015-2019) → 90.9% (2020-2024)
+5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
29.4% (2015-2019) → 34.0% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Clinton, Missouri improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 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.

Improved4

Child poverty−27 points42.0% → 15.4%
Poverty−11 points26.2% → 15.2%
Inequality−0.1060.492 → 0.386
Household income+34%$38,233 → $51,250

Declined1

Rent burden+17 points48.7% → 66.1%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Clinton, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.8 min2015-2019	13.6 min2020-2024	−3.2 min	Within the margin of error	81%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%2015-2019	15.7%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Broadband subscriptions	81.7%2015-2019	82.7%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Child poverty rate	42.0%2015-2019	15.4%2020-2024	−27 points	Improved	97%
Effective property tax rate	0.91%2015-2019	0.74%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	51%
High school diploma or higher	85.7%2015-2019	90.9%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	52%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4922015-2019	0.3862020-2024	−0.106	Improved	96%
Median household income	$38,2332015-2019	$51,2502020-2024	+34%	Improved	63%
Poverty rate	26.2%2015-2019	15.2%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	94%
Rent as share of income	29.4%2015-2019	34.0%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Rent-burdened households	48.7%2015-2019	66.1%2020-2024	+17 points	Declined	11%
Unemployment rate	7.6%2015-2019	4.7%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.0%2015-2019	10.4%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	74%

“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 Clinton, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clinton, 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, Clinton, Missouri itself moved −2.5 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

9,065 residents (±242)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69†
50–59
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+2.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

9,065 residents (±242)

Clinton, Missouri
Missouri share

White90%8,193
Black1.7%†150
Hispanic or Latino1.6%†148

Education

6,421 residents (±254)

Clinton, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma9.1%†584
High school or GED46%2,943
Some college20%1,293

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

4,002 households (±251)

Clinton, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k26%1,021
$25k–50k24%963
$50k–75k20%820
$75k–100k16%645
$100k–150k12%†469
$150k–200k1.7%†67
$200k or more0.4%†17

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (+8.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

4,002 households (±251)

Clinton, Missouri
Missouri share

Own67%2,697
Rent33%1,305

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+8.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,297 households (±241)

Clinton, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75056%728
$750–1,00026%†340
$1,000–1,50016%†211

Home values

2,697 homes (±246)

Clinton, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k47%1,274
$150k–250k28%757
$250k–400k20%†533

Age of homes

4,557 homes (±210)

Clinton, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later4.8%†217
2000–200912%†561
1980–199925%1,127

Size of homes

4,557 homes (±210)

Clinton, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom7.9%†359
2 bedrooms35%1,600

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

3,799 workers (±346)

Clinton, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone78%2,959
Carpool13%†485
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.2%†121
Bike0.0%0
Work from home5.5%†209
Other0.7%†25

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

3,590 workers (±342)

Clinton, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min75%2,697
15–29 min6.3%†227
30–44 min14%†505

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Henry County, the county holding most of Clinton's residents.

Henry County has 593 employer establishments, 264 for every 10,000 residents (1.06× the US rate of 248; 1.08× Missouri's), with 7,053 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,795. The Census Bureau also counts 1,583 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 593; 1,583 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 264; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 7,053
Average annual pay: $45,795; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	41	18.3	0.88×About typical	485	$66,322	35
Restaurants and other eating places	38	16.9	0.92×About typical	607	$19,799	5
Specialty trade contractors	35	15.6	1.01×About typical	186	$49,210	195
Lessors of real estate	30	13.4	1.08×About typical	36	$26,417	193
Religious organizations	29	12.9	2.33×More than typical	91	$16,165	—
Gasoline stations	19	8.5	2.61×More than typical	162	$25,895	—
Full-service restaurants	18	8	1.04×About typical	203	$22,266	3
Services to buildings and dwellings	18	8	1.19×About typical	69	$24,435	117
Limited-service restaurants	17	7.6	0.94×About typical	332	$17,904	—
Truck transportation	16	7.1	1.41×More than typical	36	$37,861	50
Construction of buildings	15	6.7	0.88×About typical	56	$60,304	100
Building equipment contractors	14	6.2	1.04×About typical	63	$45,587	24

Rank places for an industry Open Henry County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 22,448 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 $655 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Clinton, Missouri: $0.07 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $655
Per resident: $0.07; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 100%; 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 Acquisition Service$655100%

Top recipients

HERC RENTALS INC$655100%

Spending by fiscal year

49.7KFY2017
6KFY2018
24.2KFY2019
198.4KFY2020
4KFY2021
2.1KFY2022
1.4KFY2023
1.7KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

General rental centers · 5323$655100%

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 Clinton, Missouri, so they do not add up across cities.

Clinton, Missouri's figures are part of those of Henry County, MO ($18.4K in FY2026), never added to them: 3.6% of that total.

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

See federal money in Henry 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.

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

House

Mark AlfordR-MO-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.6%

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.

Henry County31100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Henry 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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