City · Pulaski County, Missouri

Crocker, Missouri

Crocker is a city in Pulaski County, Missouri, part of the Fort Leonard Wood, MO metro area. It has 1,024 residents. Crocker, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 27 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,350 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #288 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on dentists (high), home price to income ratio (low) and drinking water violations (low). It ranks worst on flu vaccinations (low), job growth (low) and distance to an emergency room (high).

27Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,350 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #288 of 375 in MO
Population: 1,024 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 831.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 2917344

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety55#7,093/15,637
Economy25#11,707/15,631
Housing87#1,928/14,977
Health25#11,687/15,609
Healthcare11#13,902/15,650
Environment92#1,302/15,453
Education32#10,719/15,649
Infrastructure10#14,033/15,650
Community22#12,239/15,651
Leisure & amenities7#14,624/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Dentists · high132 /100k
99/100Missouri 64 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePulaski County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
96/100Missouri 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Missouri 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePulaski County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.56%
83/100Missouri 0.89%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Loneliness · low31.7%
82/100Missouri 32.5%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Rent-burdened households · low45.0%
79/100Missouri 45.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

Flu vaccinations · low20.0%
1/100Missouri 44.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePulaski County value
Job growth · low-5.6%
1/100Missouri 0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPulaski County value
Distance to an emergency room · high21.7 mi
2/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPulaski County value
Broadband subscriptions · low80.9%
3/100Missouri 89.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Food environment index · low5.9
3/100Missouri 6.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePulaski County value
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
5/100Missouri 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPulaski County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,103 (2015-2019) → 1,024 (2020-2024)
−7.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
46.8% (2015-2019) → 22.7% (2020-2024)
−24 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$37,639 (2015-2019) → $58,207 (2020-2024)
+55%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
14.8% (2015-2019) → 23.9% (2020-2024)
+9.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Poverty rateImproving
29.5% (2015-2019) → 21.9% (2020-2024)
−7.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
17.1% (2015-2019) → 10.3% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Crocker, Missouri improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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

Price / income−0.8×2.6× → 1.7×
Household income+55%$37,639 → $58,207

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Crocker, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.5 min2015-2019	25.0 min2020-2024	+3.4 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%2015-2019	10.3%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Broadband subscriptions	74.6%2015-2019	80.9%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Effective property tax rate	0.76%2015-2019	0.56%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	59%
High school diploma or higher	87.4%2015-2019	82.3%2020-2024	−5 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	−0.8×	Improved	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4512015-2019	0.4042020-2024	−0.047	Within the margin of error	83%
Median household income	$37,6392015-2019	$58,2072020-2024	+55%	Improved	88%
Poverty rate	29.5%2015-2019	21.9%2020-2024	−7.6 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	49.6%2015-2019	45.0%2020-2024	−4.7 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.8%2015-2019	23.9%2020-2024	+9.1 points	Within the margin of error	4%

“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 Crocker, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Crocker, 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, Crocker, Missouri itself moved +3.2 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,024 residents (±269)

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

377 households (±97)

Crocker, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k24%†89
$25k–50k19%†70
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

377 households (±97)

Crocker, Missouri
Missouri share

Own70%264
Rent30%†113

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+14.7 points).

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

531 workers (±183)

Crocker, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone87%†461
Carpool2.8%†15
Public transit

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Fort Leonard Wood, MO

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 Pulaski County, the county holding most of Crocker's residents.

Pulaski County has 653 employer establishments, 121 for every 10,000 residents (0.49× the US rate of 248; 0.50× Missouri's), with 8,340 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,577. The Census Bureau also counts 2,653 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 653; 2,653 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 121; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 8,340
Average annual pay: $38,577; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	72	13.4	0.73×Fewer than typical	1,339	$19,191	12
Religious organizations	39	7.3	1.31×More than typical	182	$18,830	—
Full-service restaurants	35	6.5	0.85×About typical	539	$20,122	4
Lessors of real estate	32	6	0.48×Fewer than typical	118	$46,051	223
Specialty trade contractors	32	6	0.38×Fewer than typical	174	$44,615	232
Ambulatory health care services	30	5.6	0.27×Fewer than typical	234	$69,846	78
Limited-service restaurants	30	5.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	685	$17,803	5
Traveler accommodation	25	4.7	2.58×More than typical	414	$28,529	9
Gasoline stations	22	4.1	1.26×More than typical	233	$27,000	—
Banks and credit unions	19	3.5	1.09×About typical	249	$50,735	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	16	3	0.59×Fewer than typical	67	$47,582	47
Construction of buildings	15	2.8	0.37×Fewer than typical	58	$47,897	124

Rank places for an industry Open Pulaski County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 53,754 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 $338 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Crocker, Missouri: $0.33 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $338
Per resident: $0.33; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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$338100%

Top recipients

YORK K ELECTRIC INC$338100%

Spending by fiscal year

0FY2017
6.5KFY2018
871.8FY2019
276.6FY2020
141FY2023
338FY2026

What was bought

Construction & real property$338100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Utility system construction · 2371$338100%

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

Crocker, Missouri's figures are part of those of Pulaski County, MO ($288.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Pulaski 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.

Crocker, 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.

Pulaski County46100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Fort Leonard Wood, MO45

Other cities and towns in Pulaski 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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