Scores by category

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

Safety37#9,893/15,637
Economy15#13,350/15,631
Housing79#3,080/14,977
Health11#13,827/15,609
Healthcare14#13,464/15,650
Environment33#10,419/15,453
Education15#13,272/15,649
Infrastructure39#9,606/15,650
Community34#10,323/15,651
Leisure & amenities38#9,742/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Monett, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Barry 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 · low19.0 min
88/100Missouri 23.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Missouri 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBarry County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low126 min
84/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBarry County value
Social associations · high13.3 /10k
84/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBarry County value
Grocery stores · high2.2 /10k
81/100Missouri 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBarry County value
Public transit commuters · high1.6%
80/100Missouri 0.8%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Physical inactivity · high39.6%
3/100Missouri 31.3%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · high22.7%
5/100Missouri 19.5%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Distance to an Amtrak station · high140 mi
5/100Missouri 33 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauBarry County value
Traffic deaths · high31.9 /100k
6/100Missouri 16.2 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataBarry County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Missouri 9.4United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBarry County value
Poor or fair health · high29.0%
8/100Missouri 22.2%United States 19.9%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.

PopulationRising
8,984 (2015-2019) → 9,873 (2020-2024)
+9.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
1.8 /1k (2021) → 3.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+115%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
31.0% (2015-2019) → 17.6% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.8% (2015-2019) → 88.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
24.3% (2015-2019) → 15.2% (2020-2024)
−9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Average commute timeWorsening
13.3 min (2015-2019) → 19.0 min (2020-2024)
+43%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Monett, Missouri improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 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.

Improved3

Poverty−9.2 points24.3% → 15.2%
Child poverty−13 points31.0% → 17.6%
Broadband+11 points77.8% → 88.9%

Declined1

Commute+5.7 min13.3 min → 19.0 min

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Monett, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	13.3 min2015-2019	19.0 min2020-2024	+5.7 min	Declined	8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%2015-2019	12.8%2020-2024	−5.4 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Broadband subscriptions	77.8%2015-2019	88.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	65%
Child poverty rate	31.0%2015-2019	17.6%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	87%
Effective property tax rate	0.72%2015-2019	0.62%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	36%
High school diploma or higher	81.8%2015-2019	84.5%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	36%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4772015-2019	0.4612020-2024	−0.015	Within the margin of error	64%
Median household income	$39,7282015-2019	$49,3902020-2024	+24%	Within the margin of error	42%
Poverty rate	24.3%2015-2019	15.2%2020-2024	−9.2 points	Improved	91%
Rent as share of income	31.7%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Rent-burdened households	57.0%2015-2019	49.4%2020-2024	−7.6 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.3%2015-2019	16.2%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%

“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 Monett, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Monett, 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, Monett, Missouri itself moved +0.9 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

9,873 residents (±29)

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 women (+4.6 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

9,873 residents (±29)

Monett, Missouri
Missouri share

White64%6,284
Black0.4%†36
Hispanic or Latino27%2,714
Asian0.5%†50
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†14
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander2.9%†291
Other or two or more races4.9%†484

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (+3.0 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

6,219 residents (±373)

Monett, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma15%962
High school or GED42%2,609
Some college21%1,280
Associate degree9.2%†570
Bachelor's degree8.7%540
Graduate degree4.1%†258

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 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

3,499 households (±294)

Monett, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k21%727
$25k–50k30%1,033
$50k–75k19%670
$75k–100k13%†456
$100k–150k9.9%†347
$150k–200k3.2%†112
$200k or more4.4%†154

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+2.5 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

3,499 households (±294)

Monett, Missouri
Missouri share

Own55%1,907
Rent45%1,592

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

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

Rent paid

1,450 households (±250)

Monett, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75029%†425
$750–1,00034%†493
$1,000–1,50033%†483

Home values

1,907 homes (±298)

Monett, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k37%706
$150k–250k44%845
$250k–400k12%†237

Age of homes

3,934 homes (±284)

Monett, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later8.2%†322
2000–200915%†607
1980–199915%594

Size of homes

3,934 homes (±284)

Monett, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio0.4%†14
1 bedroom3.7%†146
2 bedrooms39%1,536

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

4,437 workers (±437)

Monett, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone80%3,529
Carpool11%†504
Public transit1.6%†69
Walk0.0%†1
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.2%†320
Other0.3%†14

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other (−2.9 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

4,117 workers (±424)

Monett, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min55%2,246
15–29 min20%†807
30–44 min12%†499

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 Barry County, the county holding most of Monett's residents.

Barry County has 775 employer establishments, 219 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Missouri's), with 11,838 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,740. The Census Bureau also counts 2,897 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 775; 2,897 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 219; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 11,838
Average annual pay: $45,740; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	56	15.8	1.02×About typical	184	$34,701	401
Restaurants and other eating places	54	15.3	0.83×About typical	774	$17,434	19
Ambulatory health care services	38	10.7	0.52×Fewer than typical	282	$57,007	73
Religious organizations	38	10.7	1.94×More than typical	242	$22,496	—
Truck transportation	37	10.5	2.07×More than typical	231	$56,576	91
Full-service restaurants	28	7.9	1.03×About typical	276	$19,797	8
Automotive repair and maintenance	26	7.4	1.46×More than typical	102	$36,745	73
Gasoline stations	24	6.8	2.09×More than typical	186	$26,978	—
Lessors of real estate	23	6.5	0.53×Fewer than typical	50	$27,480	234
Building equipment contractors	21	5.9	0.99×About typical	54	$34,352	61
Limited-service restaurants	21	5.9	0.74×Fewer than typical	468	$16,197	8
Banks and credit unions	20	5.7	1.75×More than typical	186	$51,812	—

Rank places for an industry Open Barry County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 35,373 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 $23.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Monett, Missouri: $2.38 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $23.5K
Per resident: $2.38; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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$23.5K100%

Top recipients

CONSERVATION WORKS JV LLC$23.5K100%

Spending by fiscal year

54.3KFY2017
50.2KFY2018
154KFY2019
49.5KFY2020
90.2KFY2021
84.5KFY2022
-81KFY2024
23.5KFY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$23.5K100%

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

Monett, Missouri's figures are part of those of Barry County, MO and Lawrence County, MO ($1.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Barry 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.

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

House

Eric BurlisonR-MO-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 4.6%

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.

Other cities and towns in Barry 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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