City · Polk County, Missouri

Humansville, Missouri

Humansville is a city in Polk County, Missouri, part of the Springfield, MO metro area. It has 1,058 residents. Humansville, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 20 out of 100 (very low), ranking #12,570 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #339 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), home price to income ratio (low) and preventable hospital stays (low). It ranks worst on bachelor's degree or higher (low), flu vaccinations (low) and median household income (low).

20Very low

Quality-of-life score: #12,570 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #339 of 375 in MO
Population: 1,058 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 847.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 2933706

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.

Safety28#11,181/15,637
Economy7#14,586/15,631
Housing98#337/14,977
Health13#13,567/15,609
Healthcare31#10,866/15,650
Environment64#5,615/15,453
Education11#13,947/15,649
Infrastructure24#11,965/15,650
Community35#10,116/15,651
Leisure & amenities4#15,028/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Job growth · high5.4%
98/100Missouri 0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataPolk County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
96/100Missouri 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Preventable hospital stays · low1,677 /100k
94/100Missouri 3,034 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePolk County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Missouri 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePolk County value
Public libraries · high1.2 /10k
81/100Missouri 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPolk County value
Rent-burdened households · low39.9%
81/100Missouri 45.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Bachelor's degree or higher · low5.6%
2/100Missouri 32.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Flu vaccinations · low25.0%
3/100Missouri 44.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePolk County value
Median household income · low$37,446
4/100Missouri $71,583United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Poverty rate · high33.9%
5/100Missouri 12.2%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Restaurants and bars · low4.2 /10k
5/100Missouri 8.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPolk County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Missouri 9.4United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPolk County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
57.3% (2015-2019) → 83.9% (2020-2024)
+27 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
42.7% (2015-2019) → 18.2% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
58.8% (2015-2019) → 39.9% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
54.4% (2015-2019) → 39.4% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
19.1% (2015-2019) → 7.6% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Median household incomeImproving
$27,273 (2015-2019) → $37,446 (2020-2024)
+37%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Humansville, Missouri improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved3

Uninsured−11 points19.1% → 7.6%
Broadband+27 points57.3% → 83.9%
Household income+37%$27,273 → $37,446

Declined1

Inequality+0.0730.438 → 0.511

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Humansville, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.4 min2015-2019	32.9 min2020-2024	+4.5 min	Within the margin of error	12%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.5%2015-2019	5.6%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Broadband subscriptions	57.3%2015-2019	83.9%2020-2024	+27 points	Improved	96%
Child poverty rate	54.4%2015-2019	39.4%2020-2024	−15 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Effective property tax rate	1.01%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	82%
High school diploma or higher	76.2%2015-2019	74.4%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	−0.1×	Within the margin of error	84%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4382015-2019	0.5112020-2024	+0.073	Declined	9%
Median household income	$27,2732015-2019	$37,4462020-2024	+37%	Improved	69%
Poverty rate	35.1%2015-2019	33.9%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	19.1%2015-2019	7.6%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	97%

“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 Humansville, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Humansville, 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, Humansville, Missouri itself moved −1.3 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,058 residents (±218)

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

385 households (±87)

Humansville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k35%134
$25k–50k26%†100
$50k–75k13%†49

Homes

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

Owners and renters

385 households (±87)

Humansville, Missouri
Missouri share

Own57%219
Rent43%†166

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

322 workers (±116)

Humansville, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone75%†240
Carpool17%†56
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 Springfield, 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 Polk County, the county holding most of Humansville's residents.

Polk County has 600 employer establishments, 182 for every 10,000 residents (0.73× the US rate of 248; 0.75× Missouri's), with 7,340 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,139. The Census Bureau also counts 2,767 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 600; 2,767 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 182; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 7,340
Average annual pay: $42,139; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	56	17	1.10×About typical	342	$45,140	368
Restaurants and other eating places	45	13.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	723	$15,924	8
Truck transportation	27	8.2	1.62×More than typical	47	$36,553	126
Ambulatory health care services	26	7.9	0.38×Fewer than typical	252	$66,544	84
Religious organizations	26	7.9	1.42×More than typical	150	$17,000	—
Lessors of real estate	20	6.1	0.49×Fewer than typical	27	$30,074	242
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	19	5.8	1.83×More than typical	78	$41,205	68
Limited-service restaurants	19	5.8	0.72×Fewer than typical	473	$15,410	3
Automotive repair and maintenance	18	5.5	1.09×About typical	89	$49,034	66
Services to buildings and dwellings	17	5.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	177	$16,678	197
Full-service restaurants	16	4.9	0.63×Fewer than typical	211	$16,934	—
Building equipment contractors	15	4.6	0.76×Fewer than typical	154	$51,792	61

Rank places for an industry Open Polk County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 32,921 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Polk 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.

Humansville, 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.

Polk County25100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Springfield, MO49

Other cities and towns in Polk 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
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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