City · Gentry County, Missouri

Stanberry, Missouri

Stanberry is a city in Gentry County, Missouri. It has 1,235 residents. Stanberry, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 54 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,160 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #118 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), drug overdose deaths (low) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on job growth (low), pharmacies (low) and mental health providers (low).

54Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,160 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #118 of 375 in MO
Population: 1,235 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 880.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 2970270

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety87#1,989/15,637
Economy24#11,939/15,631
Housing94#940/14,977
Health34#10,365/15,609
Healthcare9#14,295/15,650
Environment61#6,068/15,453
Education75#3,881/15,649
Infrastructure32#10,717/15,650
Community64#5,581/15,651
Leisure & amenities46#8,384/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Time spent in the emergency room · low72 min
100/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGentry County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Missouri 18.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionGentry County value
Property crime rate · low303 /100k
97/100Missouri 1,644 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationGentry County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.6×
97/100Missouri 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public libraries · high3.2 /10k
96/100Missouri 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGentry County value
Social associations · high17.5 /10k
96/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGentry County value

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-7.3%
1/100Missouri 0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataGentry County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Missouri 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGentry County value
Mental health providers · low32 /100k
2/100Missouri 278 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGentry County value
Average weekly wage · low$847
3/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGentry County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low33.8%
3/100Missouri 76.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGentry County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Missouri 5.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyGentry County value

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
7.1% (2015-2019) → 35.8% (2020-2024)
+29 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.8 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateWorsening
9.9% (2015-2019) → 26.6% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.1% (2015-2019) → 84.8% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
7.6% (2015-2019) → 18.3% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
17.7% (2015-2019) → 23.6% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

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, Stanberry, Missouri improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 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

Broadband+14 points71.1% → 84.8%

Declined1

Uninsured+11 points7.6% → 18.3%

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Stanberry, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.6 min2015-2019	18.6 min2020-2024	−3.1 min	Within the margin of error	79%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Broadband subscriptions	71.1%2015-2019	84.8%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	75%
High school diploma or higher	88.9%2015-2019	92.9%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3912015-2019	0.4142020-2024	+0.023	Within the margin of error	32%
Median household income	$48,7502015-2019	$62,6392020-2024	+28%	Within the margin of error	52%
Poverty rate	14.5%2015-2019	19.0%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Rent as share of income	20.3%2015-2019	21.1%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.6%2015-2019	18.3%2020-2024	+11 points	Declined	3%

“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 Stanberry, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Stanberry, 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, Stanberry, Missouri itself moved +3.6 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,235 residents (±168)

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

481 households (±63)

Stanberry, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k16%†78
$25k–50k31%†147
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

481 households (±63)

Stanberry, Missouri
Missouri share

Own62%300
Rent38%†181

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−11.9 points).

† 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

605 workers (±115)

Stanberry, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone77%463
Carpool5.3%†32
Public transit5.3%†32

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 Gentry County, the county holding most of Stanberry's residents.

Gentry County has 183 employer establishments, 290 for every 10,000 residents (1.17× the US rate of 248; 1.19× Missouri's), with 1,627 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,093. The Census Bureau also counts 603 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 183; 603 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 290; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 1,627
Average annual pay: $41,093; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	11	17.5	3.15×More than typical	27	$12,000	—
Specialty trade contractors	11	17.5	1.13×About typical	17	$45,588	68
Truck transportation	11	17.5	3.45×More than typical	22	$44,364	36
Ambulatory health care services	9	14.3	0.69×Too few to compare	62	$48,468	10
Restaurants and other eating places	9	14.3	0.78×Too few to compare	57	$14,316	5
Insurance agencies and brokerages	8	12.7	2.89×Too few to compare	12	$32,833	15
Building equipment contractors	6	9.5	1.58×Too few to compare	9	$32,889	14
Services to buildings and dwellings	6	9.5	1.41×Too few to compare	26	$35,462	55
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	7.9	1.58×Too few to compare	23	$41,087	23
Banks and credit unions	5	7.9	2.46×Too few to compare	40	$47,125	—
Full-service restaurants	5	7.9	1.03×Too few to compare	35	$17,000	—
Gasoline stations	5	7.9	2.45×Too few to compare	59	$30,254	—

Rank places for an industry Open Gentry County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 6,303 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: Stanberry is mostly in Gentry County.

See federal money in Gentry 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.

Stanberry, 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.

Gentry County54100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Gentry 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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