City · Bollinger County, Missouri

Marble Hill, Missouri

Marble Hill is a city in Bollinger County, Missouri, part of the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL metro area. It has 1,758 residents. Marble Hill, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 10 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,049 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #365 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on drug overdose deaths (low), homicide rate (low) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on access to exercise opportunities (low), average weekly wage (low) and distance to an emergency room (high).

10Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,049 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #365 of 375 in MO
Population: 1,758 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,062.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 2945848

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety53#7,368/15,637
Economy12#13,818/15,631
Housing84#2,390/14,977
Health11#13,961/15,609
Healthcare5#14,864/15,650
Environment20#12,295/15,453
Education12#13,849/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,875/15,650
Community35#10,192/15,651
Leisure & amenities7#14,603/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Marble Hill, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Bollinger 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 dataBollinger County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Missouri 7.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataBollinger County value
Property crime rate · low499 /100k
89/100Missouri 1,644 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationBollinger County value
Voter turnout · high75.6%
88/100Missouri 66.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionBollinger County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Missouri 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBollinger County value
Preventable hospital stays · low2,046 /100k
83/100Missouri 3,034 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBollinger County value

Weaknesses

Access to exercise opportunities · low27.0%
2/100Missouri 76.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBollinger County value
Average weekly wage · low$839
2/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBollinger County value
Distance to an emergency room · high21.5 mi
2/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBollinger County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.9 /10k
2/100Missouri 4.6 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBollinger County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low6.5%
3/100Missouri 32.4%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Missouri 5.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyBollinger County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
37.5% (2015-2019) → 55.2% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
27.6% (2015-2019) → 36.9% (2020-2024)
+9.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
27.2% (2015-2019) → 34.6% (2020-2024)
+7.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateWorsening
22.5% (2015-2019) → 29.5% (2020-2024)
+7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.1% (2015-2019) → 84.4% (2020-2024)
+5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
17.4% (2015-2019) → 12.1% (2020-2024)
−5.3 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, Marble Hill, Missouri improved on 0 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Marble Hill, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	33.0 min2015-2019	31.9 min2020-2024	−1.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%2015-2019	6.5%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Broadband subscriptions	79.1%2015-2019	84.4%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Child poverty rate	27.6%2015-2019	36.9%2020-2024	+9.4 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Effective property tax rate	0.59%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	4%
High school diploma or higher	76.1%2015-2019	78.0%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	61%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4182015-2019	0.4192020-2024	+0.000	Within the margin of error	50%
Median household income	$35,2382015-2019	$37,7342020-2024	+7.1%	Within the margin of error	14%
Poverty rate	22.5%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	+7 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Rent as share of income	27.2%2015-2019	34.6%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Rent-burdened households	37.5%2015-2019	55.2%2020-2024	+18 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.4%2015-2019	12.1%2020-2024	−5.3 points	Within the margin of error	88%

“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 Marble Hill, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Marble Hill, 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, Marble Hill, 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

1,758 residents (±336)

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: 10–19 women (+7.7 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

1,758 residents (±336)

Marble Hill, Missouri
Missouri share

White89%1,560
Black2.2%†38
Hispanic or Latino4.2%†74

Education

983 residents (±164)

Marble Hill, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma22%†216
High school or GED50%492
Some college20%†192

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

590 households (±111)

Marble Hill, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k31%†180
$25k–50k35%†208
$50k–75k7.1%†42
$75k–100k16%†92
$100k–150k11%†63
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more0.8%†5

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (+17.5 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 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

590 households (±111)

Marble Hill, Missouri
Missouri share

Own55%324
Rent45%†266

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

234 households (±79)

Marble Hill, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75048%†112
$750–1,00029%†67
$1,000–1,50022%†51

Home values

324 homes (±93)

Marble Hill, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k73%†235
$150k–250k24%†77
$250k–400k3.7%†12

Age of homes

729 homes (±127)

Marble Hill, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later1.4%†10
2000–20095.5%†40
1980–199923%†169

Size of homes

729 homes (±127)

Marble Hill, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio1.4%†10
1 bedroom13%†96
2 bedrooms31%†228

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

689 workers (±161)

Marble Hill, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone81%559
Carpool15%†101
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.8%†19
Other1.5%†10

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

670 workers (±153)

Marble Hill, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min34%†225
15–29 min8.7%†58
30–44 min21%†141

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 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

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 Bollinger County, the county holding most of Marble Hill's residents.

Bollinger County has 200 employer establishments, 190 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Missouri's), with 1,396 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,306. The Census Bureau also counts 854 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 200; 854 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 190; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 1,396
Average annual pay: $38,306; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	23	21.9	1.41×More than typical	86	$46,686	122
Truck transportation	19	18.1	3.57×More than typical	120	$59,042	32
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	12.4	2.45×More than typical	44	$39,705	33
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	12	11.4	3.62×More than typical	39	$33,821	32
Ambulatory health care services	9	8.6	0.41×Too few to compare	65	$43,246	13
Building equipment contractors	9	8.6	1.42×Too few to compare	45	$58,400	20
Construction of buildings	9	8.6	1.13×Too few to compare	26	$31,808	63
Individual and family services	8	7.6	2.72×Too few to compare	24	$16,292	8
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	8	7.6	2.30×Too few to compare	41	$57,780	5
Religious organizations	8	7.6	1.37×Too few to compare	27	$12,333	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	6	5.7	1.30×Too few to compare	13	$38,231	24
Restaurants and other eating places	5	4.8	0.26×Too few to compare	71	$17,197	—

Rank places for an industry Open Bollinger County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 10,524 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: Marble Hill is mostly in Bollinger County.

See federal money in Bollinger 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.

Marble Hill, 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.

Bollinger County10100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL50

Other cities and towns in Bollinger 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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