City · Monroe County, Missouri

Paris, Missouri

Paris is a city in Monroe County, Missouri. It has 1,587 residents. Paris, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 62 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,907 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #96 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on public libraries (high), property crime rate (low) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), dentists (low) and average weekly wage (low).

62High

Quality-of-life score: #5,907 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #96 of 375 in MO
Population: 1,587 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,256.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 2956144

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety84#2,450/15,637
Economy41#9,162/15,631
Housing96#652/14,977
Health45#8,599/15,609
Healthcare9#14,247/15,650
Environment83#2,631/15,453
Education46#8,453/15,649
Infrastructure47#8,300/15,650
Community58#6,572/15,651
Leisure & amenities65#5,494/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Public libraries · high3.4 /10k
97/100Missouri 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesMonroe County value
Property crime rate · low384 /100k
94/100Missouri 1,644 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureMonroe County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Missouri 7.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMonroe County value
Voter turnout · high78.2%
93/100Missouri 66.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionMonroe County value
Students per teacher · low11.1×
93/100Missouri 12.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsMonroe County value
Rent-burdened households · low32.3%
91/100Missouri 45.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low23 /100k
1/100Missouri 278 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value
Dentists · low12 /100k
1/100Missouri 64 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMonroe County value
Average weekly wage · low$850
3/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMonroe County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Missouri 5.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyMonroe County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Missouri 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMonroe County value
Primary care shortage · high18.0
5/100Missouri 10.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMonroe County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,390 (2015-2019) → 1,587 (2020-2024)
+14%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.6% (2015-2019) → 92.6% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
18.7% (2015-2019) → 3.1% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$36,550 (2015-2019) → $63,487 (2020-2024)
+74%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
13.3% (2015-2019) → 8.0% (2020-2024)
−5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
89.6% (2015-2019) → 94.9% (2020-2024)
+5.2 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, Paris, 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

Household income+74%$36,550 → $63,487
Broadband+20 points72.6% → 92.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Paris, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.2 min2015-2019	20.9 min2020-2024	−4.3 min	Within the margin of error	87%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%2015-2019	19.3%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Broadband subscriptions	72.6%2015-2019	92.6%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	90%
Effective property tax rate	0.97%2015-2019	0.94%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	21%
High school diploma or higher	89.6%2015-2019	94.9%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	78%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3822015-2019	0.4252020-2024	+0.043	Within the margin of error	20%
Median household income	$36,5502015-2019	$63,4872020-2024	+74%	Improved	95%
Poverty rate	13.3%2015-2019	8.0%2020-2024	−5.3 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	19.6%2015-2019	23.2%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Rent-burdened households	30.3%2015-2019	32.3%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.4%2015-2019	7.4%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	69%

“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 Paris, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Paris, 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, Paris, Missouri itself moved +7.1 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

1,587 residents (±322)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

571 households (±103)

Paris, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k19%†107
$25k–50k26%†147
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

571 households (±103)

Paris, Missouri
Missouri share

Own70%400
Rent30%†171

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.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

693 workers (±165)

Paris, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone72%499
Carpool16%†114
Public transit0.0%0

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 Monroe County, the county holding most of Paris's residents.

Monroe County has 179 employer establishments, 205 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Missouri's), with 1,406 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,970. The Census Bureau also counts 644 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 179; 644 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 205; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 1,406
Average annual pay: $46,970; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	17	19.5	1.06×About typical	143	$15,524	—
Full-service restaurants	12	13.8	1.79×More than typical	116	$14,457	—
Specialty trade contractors	10	11.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	27	$34,222	80
Gasoline stations	7	8	2.48×Too few to compare	58	$30,828	—
Religious organizations	7	8	1.45×Too few to compare	16	$17,000	—
Truck transportation	7	8	1.59×Too few to compare	88	$58,875	23
Ambulatory health care services	6	6.9	0.33×Too few to compare	22	$56,909	6
Banks and credit unions	6	6.9	2.13×Too few to compare	59	$51,915	—
Individual and family services	5	5.7	2.05×Too few to compare	69	$21,609	3
Automotive repair and maintenance	4	4.6	0.91×Too few to compare	3	$34,333	13
Child day care services	4	4.6	1.88×Too few to compare	14	$25,214	15
General merchandise stores	4	4.6	2.60×Too few to compare	23	$30,957	4

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,719 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: Paris is mostly in Monroe County.

See federal money in Monroe 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.

Paris, 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.

Monroe County49100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Monroe 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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