City · Dade County, Missouri

Greenfield, Missouri

Greenfield is a city in Dade County, Missouri. It has 1,229 residents. Greenfield, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 28 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,217 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #286 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on drug overdose deaths (low), voter turnout (high) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on average weekly wage (low), access to exercise opportunities (low) and distance to an emergency room (high).

28Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,217 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #286 of 375 in MO
Population: 1,229 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,079.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 2929206

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety35#10,147/15,637
Economy9#14,165/15,631
Housing94#955/14,977
Health11#13,885/15,609
Healthcare6#14,739/15,650
Environment46#8,271/15,453
Education47#8,304/15,649
Infrastructure7#14,505/15,650
Community79#3,310/15,651
Leisure & amenities46#8,463/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Missouri 18.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataDade County value
Voter turnout · high84.7%
99/100Missouri 66.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionDade County value
Students per teacher · low10.1×
98/100Missouri 12.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsDade County value
Rent-burdened households · low29.1%
96/100Missouri 45.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Public libraries · high2.6 /10k
94/100Missouri 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesDade County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Missouri 7.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataDade County value

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$793
1/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDade County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low17.9%
1/100Missouri 76.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDade County value
Distance to an emergency room · high23.1 mi
2/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDade County value
Dentists · low13 /100k
2/100Missouri 64 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDade County value
Median household income · low$36,420
3/100Missouri $71,583United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Missouri 5.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyDade County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,530 (2015-2019) → 1,229 (2020-2024)
−20%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
50.2% (2015-2019) → 29.1% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
60.4% (2015-2019) → 80.5% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
42.9% (2015-2019) → 23.9% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Average commute timeWorsening
19.3 min (2015-2019) → 29.0 min (2020-2024)
+51%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
High school diploma or higherImproving
80.7% (2015-2019) → 88.9% (2020-2024)
+8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Greenfield, Missouri improved on 5 of 15 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.

Improved5

Inequality−0.1550.552 → 0.397
High school++8.3 points80.7% → 88.9%
Rent burden−21 points50.2% → 29.1%
Broadband+20 points60.4% → 80.5%
Household income+34%$27,241 → $36,420

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Greenfield, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.3 min2015-2019	29.0 min2020-2024	+9.7 min	Within the margin of error	2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%2015-2019	13.5%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Broadband subscriptions	60.4%2015-2019	80.5%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	90%
Child poverty rate	42.9%2015-2019	23.9%2020-2024	−19 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Effective property tax rate	0.85%2015-2019	0.71%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
High school diploma or higher	80.7%2015-2019	88.9%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Improved	92%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	74%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5522015-2019	0.3972020-2024	−0.155	Improved	99%
Median household income	$27,2412015-2019	$36,4202020-2024	+34%	Improved	63%
Poverty rate	30.9%2015-2019	26.7%2020-2024	−4.2 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	30.1%2015-2019	24.7%2020-2024	−5.4 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Rent-burdened households	50.2%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	−21 points	Improved	94%
Unemployment rate	12.9%2015-2019	8.3%2020-2024	−4.6 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.2%2015-2019	21.3%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	13%

“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 Greenfield, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Greenfield, 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, Greenfield, Missouri itself moved +13.9 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

1,229 residents (±200)

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

543 households (±68)

Greenfield, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k35%191
$25k–50k32%174
$50k–75k16%†88

Homes

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

Owners and renters

543 households (±68)

Greenfield, Missouri
Missouri share

Own58%317
Rent42%226

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

427 workers (±85)

Greenfield, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone74%316
Carpool16%†69
Public transit0.0%0

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 Dade County, the county holding most of Greenfield's residents.

Dade County has 147 employer establishments, 190 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Missouri's), with 1,228 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,620. The Census Bureau also counts 565 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 147; 565 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 190; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 1,228
Average annual pay: $40,620; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	12	15.5	2.80×More than typical	46	$15,370	—
Restaurants and other eating places	12	15.5	0.85×About typical	86	$18,767	6
Specialty trade contractors	9	11.7	0.75×Too few to compare	40	$43,650	78
Full-service restaurants	7	9.1	1.18×Too few to compare	46	$18,543	3
Gasoline stations	7	9.1	2.80×Too few to compare	58	$24,793	—
Truck transportation	7	9.1	1.79×Too few to compare	14	$49,929	22
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	6.5	1.29×Too few to compare	13	$35,308	14
Building equipment contractors	5	6.5	1.08×Too few to compare	10	$44,900	19
Individual and family services	5	6.5	2.31×Too few to compare	11	$28,273	—
Limited-service restaurants	5	6.5	0.81×Too few to compare	40	$19,025	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	4	5.2	2.97×Too few to compare	22	$26,864	3
Construction of buildings	4	5.2	0.68×Too few to compare	9	$39,556	32

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,723 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 $869 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Greenfield, Missouri: $0.71 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $869; +172% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.71; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; 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

Department of the Army$869100%

Top recipients

COUNTY OF DADE$869100%

Spending by fiscal year

698.8FY2017
698.8FY2018
736FY2019
736FY2020
789FY2023
696.9FY2024
319.7FY2025
868.9FY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Justice, public order, and safety activities · 9221$869100%

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

Greenfield, Missouri's figures are part of those of Dade County, MO ($65.9K in FY2026), never added to them: 1.3% of that total.

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

See federal money in Dade 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.

Greenfield, 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.

Dade County29100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Dade 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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