Scores by category

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

Safety51#7,669/15,637
Economy22#12,117/15,631
Housing69#4,578/14,977
Health49#7,967/15,609
Healthcare26#11,610/15,650
Environment73#4,185/15,453
Education81#3,026/15,649
Infrastructure37#9,862/15,650
Community35#10,205/15,651
Leisure & amenities10#14,122/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Average commute time · low11.1 min
100/100Missouri 23.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Students per teacher · low10.4×
97/100Missouri 12.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsNodaway County value
Premature death · low4,588 /100k
95/100Missouri 9,683 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNodaway County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low106 min
94/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesNodaway County value
Injury deaths · low51 /100k
94/100Missouri 106 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNodaway County value
Job growth · high1.9%
87/100Missouri 0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataNodaway County value

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Missouri 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNodaway County value
Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
1/100Missouri 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNodaway County value
Food environment index · low5.1
2/100Missouri 6.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteNodaway County value
Average weekly wage · low$874
4/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNodaway County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.5 /10k
6/100Missouri 4.6 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsNodaway County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Missouri 9.4United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationNodaway County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
11,696 (2015-2019) → 10,428 (2020-2024)
−11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$34,258 (2015-2019) → $53,352 (2020-2024)
+56%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
New homes permittedWorsening
2.0 /1k (2021) → 1.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−37%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Poverty rateImproving
30.4% (2015-2019) → 24.4% (2020-2024)
−5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.9% (2015-2019) → 87.1% (2020-2024)
+4.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
92.3% (2015-2019) → 96.1% (2020-2024)
+3.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Maryville, Missouri improved on 1 of 14 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.

Improved1

Household income+56%$34,258 → $53,352

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Maryville, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	13.1 min2015-2019	11.1 min2020-2024	−2.0 min	Within the margin of error	70%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%2015-2019	35.6%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Broadband subscriptions	82.9%2015-2019	87.1%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Child poverty rate	24.2%2015-2019	26.9%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Effective property tax rate	1.07%2015-2019	0.87%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	58%
High school diploma or higher	92.3%2015-2019	96.1%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Home price to income ratio	3.8×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4522015-2019	0.4392020-2024	−0.013	Within the margin of error	62%
Median household income	$34,2582015-2019	$53,3522020-2024	+56%	Improved	88%
Poverty rate	30.4%2015-2019	24.4%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Rent as share of income	29.2%2015-2019	28.7%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Rent-burdened households	47.5%2015-2019	47.4%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Unemployment rate	3.3%2015-2019	2.7%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.0%2015-2019	9.3%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	42%

“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 Maryville, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Maryville, 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, Maryville, Missouri itself moved +4.1 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

10,428 residents (±38)

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: 30–39 men (+1.7 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

10,428 residents (±38)

Maryville, Missouri
Missouri share

White88%9,212
Black3.5%361
Hispanic or Latino3.6%377
Asian2.8%289
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†12
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races1.7%†177

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Hispanic or Latino (+1.6 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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

5,241 residents (±248)

Maryville, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma3.9%†204
High school or GED33%1,753
Some college22%1,145
Associate degree5.2%272
Bachelor's degree20%1,060
Graduate degree15%807

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−3.8 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 B15003View 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.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

4,230 households (±164)

Maryville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k22%914
$25k–50k27%1,133
$50k–75k19%817
$75k–100k13%553
$100k–150k13%560
$150k–200k3.7%†158
$200k or more2.2%†95

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−12.1 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

4,230 households (±164)

Maryville, Missouri
Missouri share

Own47%1,984
Rent53%2,246

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.9 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

2,222 households (±198)

Maryville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75043%951
$750–1,00028%†622
$1,000–1,50018%†406

Home values

1,984 homes (±193)

Maryville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k36%720
$150k–250k38%747
$250k–400k17%346

Age of homes

4,806 homes (±177)

Maryville, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later12%561
2000–200912%570
1980–199925%1,216

Size of homes

4,806 homes (±177)

Maryville, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio3.1%†150
1 bedroom11%†543
2 bedrooms31%1,484

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

5,153 workers (±266)

Maryville, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone77%3,960
Carpool13%†677
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.4%†176
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.4%†330
Other0.2%†10

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Carpool (+5.8 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

4,823 workers (±288)

Maryville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min77%3,716
15–29 min14%†654
30–44 min5.4%†260

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 Maryville, 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 Nodaway County, the county holding most of Maryville's residents.

Nodaway County has 491 employer establishments, 237 for every 10,000 residents (0.95× the US rate of 248; 0.97× Missouri's), with 6,535 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,010. The Census Bureau also counts 1,600 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 491; 1,600 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 237; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 6,535
Average annual pay: $43,010; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	43	20.8	1.34×More than typical	137	$49,401	213
Restaurants and other eating places	30	14.5	0.79×Fewer than typical	618	$15,291	6
Ambulatory health care services	28	13.5	0.65×Fewer than typical	161	$47,770	31
Religious organizations	27	13	2.35×More than typical	246	$23,675	—
Truck transportation	23	11.1	2.20×More than typical	50	$43,480	73
Automotive repair and maintenance	16	7.7	1.53×More than typical	55	$46,891	38
Insurance agencies and brokerages	15	7.2	1.65×More than typical	40	$50,650	27
Building equipment contractors	14	6.8	1.12×About typical	53	$52,094	40
Lessors of real estate	14	6.8	0.55×Fewer than typical	39	$28,641	169
Construction of buildings	13	6.3	0.83×About typical	22	$37,864	63
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	13	6.3	1.99×More than typical	31	$61,129	32
Full-service restaurants	13	6.3	0.82×About typical	327	$14,245	4

Rank places for an industry Open Nodaway County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 20,709 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 -$3,821 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Maryville, Missouri: -$0.37 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$3,821; −128% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$0.37; 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

Defense Logistics Agency$2110.0%

Top recipients

APEX PINNACLE CORP$2110.0%
MIDLAND SURVEYING, INC.-$4,0320.0%

Spending by fiscal year

39KFY2017
194.2KFY2018
121.6KFY2019
20.6KFY2020
20.2KFY2021
11.5KFY2022
36.1KFY2023
231KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Spring and wire product manufacturing · 3326$2110.0%

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

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

See federal money in Nodaway 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.

Maryville, 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.

Nodaway County53100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Maryville, MO55

Other cities and towns in Nodaway 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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