Scores by category

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

Safety31#10,808/15,637
Economy36#9,953/15,631
Housing99#115/14,977
Health23#12,095/15,609
Healthcare22#12,135/15,650
Environment94#920/15,453
Education32#10,690/15,649
Infrastructure16#13,125/15,650
Community61#6,109/15,651
Leisure & amenities23#12,048/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Huntsville, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Randolph 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 · low0.0%
98/100Missouri 4.0%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Students per teacher · low10.5×
96/100Missouri 12.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsRandolph County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low114 min
90/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesRandolph County value
Rent-burdened households · low30.6%
90/100Missouri 45.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Home price to income ratio · low2.1×
89/100Missouri 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent as share of income · low18.0%
88/100Missouri 28.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high120 mi
6/100Missouri 40 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauRandolph County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Missouri 9.6United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationRandolph County value
Broadband subscriptions · low81.4%
9/100Missouri 89.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100Missouri 3.1United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesRandolph County value
Primary care shortage · high17.0
9/100Missouri 10.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationRandolph County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low11.8%
10/100Missouri 32.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.0% (2015-2019) → 81.4% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.6× (2015-2019) → 2.1× (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Unemployment rateImproving
5.4% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Poverty rateWorsening
12.7% (2015-2019) → 17.9% (2020-2024)
+5.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.349 (2015-2019) → 0.426 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
7.8% (2015-2019) → 11.8% (2020-2024)
+4 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, Huntsville, Missouri improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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

Unemployment−5.4 points5.4% → 0.0%
Broadband+10 points71.0% → 81.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Huntsville, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.1 min2015-2019	19.8 min2020-2024	+0.7 min	Within the margin of error	39%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Broadband subscriptions	71.0%2015-2019	81.4%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	62%
Effective property tax rate	0.97%2015-2019	0.65%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	77%
High school diploma or higher	86.7%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	48%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3492015-2019	0.4262020-2024	+0.076	Within the margin of error	8%
Median household income	$45,7242015-2019	$52,7272020-2024	+15%	Within the margin of error	24%
Poverty rate	12.7%2015-2019	17.9%2020-2024	+5.1 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	21.8%2015-2019	18.0%2020-2024	−3.8 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Unemployment rate	5.4%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	−5.4 points	Improved	96%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.7%2015-2019	9.3%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	28%

“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 Huntsville, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Huntsville, 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, Huntsville, Missouri itself moved −3.7 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

1,672 residents (±348)

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

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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,672 residents (±348)

Huntsville, Missouri
Missouri share

White89%1,492
Black2.3%†39
Hispanic or Latino3.9%†65

Education

1,156 residents (±258)

Huntsville, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma10%†116
High school or GED44%505
Some college17%†193

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

634 households (±94)

Huntsville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k20%†127
$25k–50k28%†177
$50k–75k19%†122
$75k–100k21%†131
$100k–150k6.8%†43
$150k–200k0.8%†5
$200k or more4.6%†29

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 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

634 households (±94)

Huntsville, Missouri
Missouri share

Own67%424
Rent33%210

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−11.4 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

199 households (±62)

Huntsville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75057%†114
$750–1,00037%†74
$1,000–1,5005.5%†11

Home values

424 homes (±76)

Huntsville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k63%268
$150k–250k21%†90
$250k–400k12%†52

Age of homes

785 homes (±104)

Huntsville, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later11%†85
2000–20094.5%†35
1980–199921%†164

Size of homes

785 homes (±104)

Huntsville, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom16%†126
2 bedrooms32%254

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

789 workers (±172)

Huntsville, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone81%636
Carpool14%†111
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.9%†31
Other1.4%†11

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

758 workers (±163)

Huntsville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min37%†279
15–29 min37%†282
30–44 min13%†100

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

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 Moberly, 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 Randolph County, the county holding most of Huntsville's residents.

Randolph County has 551 employer establishments, 228 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 0.94× Missouri's), with 8,063 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,785. The Census Bureau also counts 1,507 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 551; 1,507 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 228; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 8,063
Average annual pay: $45,785; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	42	17.4	0.84×About typical	302	$66,997	47
Restaurants and other eating places	38	15.8	0.86×About typical	609	$17,079	4
Specialty trade contractors	32	13.3	0.86×About typical	111	$45,901	193
Religious organizations	28	11.6	2.09×More than typical	107	$14,168	—
Truck transportation	26	10.8	2.13×More than typical	184	$62,978	45
Full-service restaurants	18	7.5	0.97×About typical	207	$15,961	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	17	7	1.40×More than typical	74	$38,541	36
Insurance agencies and brokerages	17	7	1.60×More than typical	40	$45,325	32
Lessors of real estate	17	7	0.57×Fewer than typical	67	$41,269	123
Individual and family services	15	6.2	2.22×More than typical	155	$31,290	5
Limited-service restaurants	15	6.2	0.78×Fewer than typical	366	$17,669	—
Gasoline stations	12	5	1.53×More than typical	143	$24,937	—

Rank places for an industry Open Randolph County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 24,120 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 $1,524 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Huntsville, Missouri: $0.91 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $1,524
Per resident: $0.91; US $1,995
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

Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$1,524100%

Top recipients

CIVIL & SURVEY, LLC$1,524100%

Spending by fiscal year

1.5KFY2026

What was bought

Professional services$1,524100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1,524100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Huntsville, Missouri, so they do not add up across cities.

Huntsville, Missouri's figures are part of those of Randolph County, MO ($123.1K in FY2026), never added to them: 1.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Randolph 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.

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

House

Sam GravesR-MO-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 7.0%

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.

Randolph County47100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Moberly, MO35

Other cities and towns in Randolph 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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