Scores by category

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

Safety62#5,994/15,637
Economy13#13,528/15,631
Housing97#408/14,977
Health3#15,100/15,609
Healthcare3#15,242/15,650
Environment83#2,629/15,453
Education72#4,419/15,649
Infrastructure6#14,714/15,650
Community40#9,411/15,651
Leisure & amenities25#11,698/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Property crime rate · low343 /100k
95/100Missouri 1,644 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationWright County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Missouri 7.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataWright County value
Students per teacher · low11.3×
92/100Missouri 12.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsWright County value
Rent-burdened households · low33.9%
91/100Missouri 45.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
New homes permitted · high11.8 /1k
90/100Missouri 3.0 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Grocery stores · high2.5 /10k
89/100Missouri 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWright County value

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$796
1/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWright County value
Distance to an emergency room · high27.8 mi
1/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWright County value
Median household income · low$29,773
1/100Missouri $71,583United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Adult smoking · high24.5%
2/100Missouri 19.5%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Primary care physicians · low16 /100k
3/100Missouri 72 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWright County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low33.4%
3/100Missouri 76.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWright County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,275 (2015-2019) → 1,524 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
3.2 /1k (2021) → 11.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+273%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Average commute timeWorsening
18.1 min (2015-2019) → 30.4 min (2020-2024)
+68%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
44.3% (2015-2019) → 33.9% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
65.9% (2015-2019) → 75.3% (2020-2024)
+9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
17.7% (2015-2019) → 10.9% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Mansfield, Missouri improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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

Inequality−0.1010.484 → 0.383
Uninsured−6.8 points17.7% → 10.9%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Mansfield, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.1 min2015-2019	30.4 min2020-2024	+12.3 min	Within the margin of error	1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%2015-2019	15.8%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Broadband subscriptions	65.9%2015-2019	75.3%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Child poverty rate	40.9%2015-2019	42.3%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Effective property tax rate	0.76%2015-2019	0.56%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%
High school diploma or higher	84.9%2015-2019	84.9%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	64%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4842015-2019	0.3832020-2024	−0.101	Improved	96%
Median household income	$26,3002015-2019	$29,7732020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	21%
Poverty rate	31.6%2015-2019	32.1%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.2%2015-2019	27.0%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Rent-burdened households	44.3%2015-2019	33.9%2020-2024	−10 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.7%2015-2019	10.9%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Improved	92%

“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 Mansfield, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mansfield, 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, Mansfield, Missouri itself moved +4.6 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

1,524 residents (±319)

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: 20–29 women (+10.3 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

1,524 residents (±319)

Mansfield, Missouri
Missouri share

White97%1,478
Black0.9%†13
Hispanic or Latino0.3%†4

Education

715 residents (±138)

Mansfield, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma15%†108
High school or GED41%291
Some college22%†155

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

648 households (±132)

Mansfield, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k38%†248
$25k–50k35%†224
$50k–75k16%†103
$75k–100k7.7%†50
$100k–150k2.8%†18
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more0.8%†5

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

648 households (±132)

Mansfield, Missouri
Missouri share

Own50%327
Rent50%†321

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

301 households (±109)

Mansfield, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75069%†209
$750–1,0006.3%†19
$1,000–1,50023%†68

Home values

327 homes (±94)

Mansfield, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k69%†224
$150k–250k20%†67
$250k–400k8.3%†27

Age of homes

706 homes (±131)

Mansfield, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later3.1%†22
2000–20092.1%†15
1980–199921%†151

Size of homes

706 homes (±131)

Mansfield, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom15%†103
2 bedrooms29%†203

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

517 workers (±126)

Mansfield, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone77%398
Carpool8.3%†43
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.6%†3
Bike0.0%0
Work from home14%†73
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+12.5 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

444 workers (±126)

Mansfield, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min37%†163
15–29 min14%†63
30–44 min7.2%†32

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 Wright County, the county holding most of Mansfield's residents.

Wright County has 438 employer establishments, 226 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Missouri's), with 3,892 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,834. The Census Bureau also counts 1,806 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 438; 1,806 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 226; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 3,892
Average annual pay: $36,834; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	29	14.9	0.97×About typical	79	$40,557	253
Restaurants and other eating places	27	13.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	374	$17,604	12
Religious organizations	23	11.9	2.14×More than typical	101	$20,891	—
Ambulatory health care services	21	10.8	0.52×Fewer than typical	272	$53,614	26
Automotive repair and maintenance	20	10.3	2.05×More than typical	57	$33,175	51
Truck transportation	20	10.3	2.04×More than typical	59	$36,780	113
Construction of buildings	16	8.2	1.09×About typical	69	$50,942	202
Full-service restaurants	15	7.7	1.01×About typical	124	$19,742	5
Banks and credit unions	13	6.7	2.07×More than typical	131	$47,847	—
Lessors of real estate	12	6.2	0.50×Fewer than typical	26	$27,769	126
Building equipment contractors	11	5.7	0.94×About typical	45	$44,556	35
Gasoline stations	11	5.7	1.75×More than typical	181	$24,210	—

Rank places for an industry Open Wright County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 19,401 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 Mansfield, 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

92.4FY2017
31.1KFY2020
16.1KFY2021
25.4KFY2022
38KFY2024
0FY2025

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

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

See federal money in Wright 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.

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

House

Jason SmithR-MO-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.3%

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.

Wright County21100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Wright 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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