Scores by category

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

Safety27#11,390/15,637
Economy36#9,957/15,631
Housing87#1,897/14,977
Health2#15,364/15,609
Healthcare1#15,522/15,650
Environment87#1,987/15,453
Education29#11,057/15,649
Infrastructure27#11,446/15,650
Community71#4,594/15,651
Leisure & amenities18#12,898/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Unemployment rate · low0.6%
94/100Missouri 4.0%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Average commute time · low16.3 min
93/100Missouri 23.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Voter turnout · high76.3%
89/100Missouri 66.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionCrawford County value
Job growth · high2.0%
88/100Missouri 0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataCrawford County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Missouri 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value
Effective property tax rate · low0.53%
85/100Missouri 0.89%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low4 /100k
0/100Missouri 72 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value
Dentists · low13 /100k
2/100Missouri 64 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value
Adult smoking · high24.8%
2/100Missouri 19.5%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Missouri 5.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyCrawford County value
Mental health providers · low40 /100k
4/100Missouri 278 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value
Premature death · high14,600 /100k
5/100Missouri 9,683 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCrawford County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
41.1% (2015-2019) → 6.9% (2020-2024)
−34 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$20,607 (2015-2019) → $45,916 (2020-2024)
+123%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
65.0% (2015-2019) → 88.7% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
35.6% (2015-2019) → 14.0% (2020-2024)
−22 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
68.3% (2015-2019) → 79.6% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Home price to income ratioImproving
5.3× (2015-2019) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
−44%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Cuba, Missouri improved on 4 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 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

Household income+123%$20,607 → $45,916
Poverty−22 points35.6% → 14.0%
Inequality−0.1160.509 → 0.393
Broadband+24 points65.0% → 88.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Cuba, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.0 min2015-2019	16.3 min2020-2024	−4.7 min	Within the margin of error	89%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%2015-2019	9.5%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Broadband subscriptions	65.0%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+24 points	Improved	94%
Effective property tax rate	0.96%2015-2019	0.53%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	86%
High school diploma or higher	68.3%2015-2019	79.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	97%
Home price to income ratio	5.3×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	−2.3×	Within the margin of error	99%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5092015-2019	0.3932020-2024	−0.116	Improved	97%
Median household income	$20,6072015-2019	$45,9162020-2024	+123%	Improved	99%
Poverty rate	35.6%2015-2019	14.0%2020-2024	−22 points	Improved	99%
Rent as share of income	35.3%2015-2019	29.9%2020-2024	−5.4 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Rent-burdened households	54.3%2015-2019	49.8%2020-2024	−4.5 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.8%2015-2019	16.8%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	69%

“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 Cuba, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cuba, 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, Cuba, Missouri itself moved +25.3 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

3,189 residents (±34)

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: Under 10 men (−7.1 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

3,189 residents (±34)

Cuba, Missouri
Missouri share

White90%2,875
Black1.7%†53
Hispanic or Latino4.6%†147

Education

2,048 residents (±169)

Cuba, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma20%†418
High school or GED46%947
Some college12%†255

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

1,439 households (±155)

Cuba, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k26%†369
$25k–50k29%†415
$50k–75k23%†326
$75k–100k12%†169
$100k–150k9.9%†142
$150k–200k0.6%†8
$200k or more0.7%†10

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−28.0 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

1,439 households (±155)

Cuba, Missouri
Missouri share

Own37%529
Rent63%910

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

882 households (±168)

Cuba, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75052%†462
$750–1,00029%†258
$1,000–1,50018%†157

Home values

529 homes (±144)

Cuba, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k56%†294
$150k–250k37%†195
$250k–400k7.0%†37

Age of homes

1,569 homes (±186)

Cuba, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later12%†181
2000–20099.8%†153
1980–199925%†391

Size of homes

1,569 homes (±186)

Cuba, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio1.4%†22
1 bedroom17%†260
2 bedrooms31%†482

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

1,458 workers (±183)

Cuba, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone85%1,246
Carpool9.6%†140
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.7%†40
Bike0.0%0
Work from home0.0%0
Other2.2%†32

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (+13.0 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,458 workers (±183)

Cuba, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min49%717
15–29 min29%†419
30–44 min18%†263

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 Crawford County, the county holding most of Cuba's residents.

Crawford County has 496 employer establishments, 218 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248; 0.89× Missouri's), with 5,686 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,550. The Census Bureau also counts 1,642 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 496; 1,642 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 218; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 5,686
Average annual pay: $49,550; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	35	15.4	0.74×Fewer than typical	242	$91,314	27
Specialty trade contractors	35	15.4	0.99×About typical	189	$53,143	203
Restaurants and other eating places	29	12.8	0.69×Fewer than typical	431	$21,652	7
Religious organizations	25	11	1.98×More than typical	84	$20,833	—
Limited-service restaurants	15	6.6	0.82×About typical	239	$24,146	3
Construction of buildings	14	6.2	0.81×About typical	57	$48,807	112
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	14	6.2	3.86×More than typical	394	$45,480	6
Offices of physicians	14	6.2	0.95×About typical	99	$146,303	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	5.7	1.14×About typical	63	$34,270	46
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	12	5.3	1.68×More than typical	108	$52,972	41
Full-service restaurants	12	5.3	0.69×Fewer than typical	157	$21,898	3
Gasoline stations	12	5.3	1.63×More than typical	145	$32,117	—

Rank places for an industry Open Crawford County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 22,729 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Cuba, Missouri: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

10.5KFY2017
11KFY2018
10.5KFY2019
-27.5FY2020
682.9FY2021
956.4FY2022
0FY2023

What was bought

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

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

See federal money in Crawford 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.

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

House

Robert F. Onder, Jr.R-MO-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 3.0%

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.

Crawford County26100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Crawford 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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