Scores by category

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

Safety81#2,993/15,637
Economy22#12,239/15,631
Housing92#1,208/14,977
Health23#12,057/15,609
Healthcare3#15,154/15,650
Environment62#5,925/15,453
Education17#13,043/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,894/15,650
Community79#3,225/15,651
Leisure & amenities26#11,514/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Violent crime rate · low18 /100k
100/100Missouri 418 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationClark County value
Job growth · high3.9%
97/100Missouri 0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataClark County value
Voter turnout · high80.8%
96/100Missouri 66.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionClark County value
Grocery stores · high3.1 /10k
95/100Missouri 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClark County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Missouri 7.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataClark County value
Social associations · high15.1 /10k
91/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClark County value

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$724
0/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClark County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.0 /10k
1/100Missouri 4.6 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClark County value
Distance to an emergency room · high23.9 mi
1/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesClark County value
Mental health providers · low30 /100k
2/100Missouri 278 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClark County value
Broadband subscriptions · low79.9%
3/100Missouri 89.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Adult smoking · high23.9%
3/100Missouri 19.5%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
2.8 /1k (2021) → 7.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+175%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
22.3% (2015-2019) → 1.0% (2020-2024)
−21 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
32.6% (2015-2019) → 50.8% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
21.5% (2015-2019) → 9.0% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.1% (2015-2019) → 79.9% (2020-2024)
+8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
18.2% (2015-2019) → 11.0% (2020-2024)
−7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Kahoka, 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

Uninsured−13 points21.5% → 9.0%
Broadband+8.8 points71.1% → 79.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Kahoka, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.6 min2015-2019	21.2 min2020-2024	+0.6 min	Within the margin of error	41%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%2015-2019	13.7%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Broadband subscriptions	71.1%2015-2019	79.9%2020-2024	+8.8 points	Improved	54%
Effective property tax rate	1.12%2015-2019	0.77%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	80%
High school diploma or higher	86.0%2015-2019	86.3%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	76%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4702015-2019	0.5122020-2024	+0.042	Within the margin of error	20%
Median household income	$40,7812015-2019	$48,3702020-2024	+19%	Within the margin of error	30%
Poverty rate	18.2%2015-2019	11.0%2020-2024	−7.2 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.9%2015-2019	31.4%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Rent-burdened households	32.6%2015-2019	50.8%2020-2024	+18 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.5%2015-2019	9.0%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	98%

“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 Kahoka, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kahoka, 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, Kahoka, Missouri itself moved −9.7 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

2,072 residents (±260)

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 (+6.7 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

2,072 residents (±260)

Kahoka, Missouri
Missouri share

White95%1,973
Black2.1%†43
Hispanic or Latino1.2%†25

Education

1,248 residents (±169)

Kahoka, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma14%†171
High school or GED39%489
Some college23%†288

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

668 households (±98)

Kahoka, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k31%†206
$25k–50k21%†143
$50k–75k18%†123
$75k–100k8.2%†55
$100k–150k13%†89
$150k–200k2.7%†18
$200k or more5.1%†34

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−10.9 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

668 households (±98)

Kahoka, Missouri
Missouri share

Own58%390
Rent42%†278

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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

252 households (±77)

Kahoka, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75078%†197
$750–1,00019%†47
$1,000–1,5001.2%†3

Home values

390 homes (±88)

Kahoka, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k68%267
$150k–250k19%†74
$250k–400k11%†43

Age of homes

866 homes (±108)

Kahoka, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later3.0%†26
2000–20094.5%†39
1980–199919%†161

Size of homes

866 homes (±108)

Kahoka, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio3.8%†33
1 bedroom14%†123
2 bedrooms27%†233

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

803 workers (±155)

Kahoka, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone78%627
Carpool13%†102
Public transit0.0%0
Walk4.1%†33
Bike0.9%†7
Work from home4.2%†34
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (+6.9 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

769 workers (±151)

Kahoka, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min57%438
15–29 min9.0%†69
30–44 min14%†111

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 Clark County, the county holding most of Kahoka's residents.

Clark County has 134 employer establishments, 202 for every 10,000 residents (0.81× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Missouri's), with 973 paid employees at an average annual pay of $35,151. The Census Bureau also counts 504 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 134; 504 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 202; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 973
Average annual pay: $35,151; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	10	15.1	2.71×More than typical	22	$12,909	—
Banks and credit unions	7	10.5	3.26×Too few to compare	80	$46,850	—
Gasoline stations	7	10.5	3.25×Too few to compare	107	$31,243	—
Restaurants and other eating places	7	10.5	0.57×Too few to compare	96	$14,750	—
Truck transportation	7	10.5	2.08×Too few to compare	18	$42,500	21
Ambulatory health care services	6	9	0.43×Too few to compare	25	$81,400	15
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	4	6	1.48×Too few to compare	2	$90,000	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	4	6	1.20×Too few to compare	18	$38,222	24
Full-service restaurants	4	6	0.78×Too few to compare	73	$16,096	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	4	6	1.37×Too few to compare	7	$60,714	3
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	3	4.5	2.74×Too few to compare	8	$32,250	—
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Clark County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 6,642 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 Kahoka, Missouri: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
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

2.3KFY2017
14.6KFY2018
3.8KFY2019
26.1KFY2020
5.9KFY2021
710.9FY2022
2.8KFY2023
2.6KFY2024
3.1KFY2025

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

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

See federal money in Clark 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.

Kahoka, 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.

Clark County34100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Clark 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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