City · Putnam County, Missouri

Unionville, Missouri

Unionville is a city in Putnam County, Missouri. It has 1,824 residents. Unionville, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 55 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,067 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #114 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an emergency room (low), drug overdose deaths (low) and voter turnout (high). It ranks worst on average weekly wage (low), public EV charging ports (low) and mental health care shortage (high).

55Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,067 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #114 of 375 in MO
Population: 1,824 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 913.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 2975166

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#7,271/15,637
Economy39#9,571/15,631
Housing81#2,841/14,977
Health25#11,706/15,609
Healthcare27#11,375/15,650
Environment91#1,458/15,453
Education91#1,421/15,649
Infrastructure23#12,085/15,650
Community63#5,789/15,651
Leisure & amenities31#10,758/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Distance to an emergency room · low2.1 mi
99/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPutnam County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Missouri 18.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionPutnam County value
Voter turnout · high83.1%
98/100Missouri 66.7%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionPutnam County value
Reading scores · high3.50
98/100Missouri 2.98United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePutnam County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
96/100Missouri 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Math scores · high3.46
94/100Missouri 2.95United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePutnam County value

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$865
3/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPutnam County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Missouri 5.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyPutnam County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Missouri 13.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationPutnam County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Missouri 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPutnam County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,434 /100k
5/100Missouri 3,034 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePutnam County value
Restaurants and bars · low4.4 /10k
6/100Missouri 8.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPutnam County value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
56.8% (2015-2019) → 81.0% (2020-2024)
+24 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$31,799 (2015-2019) → $61,406 (2020-2024)
+93%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
22.8% (2015-2019) → 6.2% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
11.5% (2015-2019) → 20.5% (2020-2024)
+8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
High school diploma or higherImproving
91.6% (2015-2019) → 96.1% (2020-2024)
+4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Home price to income ratioImproving
2.1× (2015-2019) → 1.7× (2020-2024)
−19%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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, Unionville, Missouri improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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

Uninsured−17 points22.8% → 6.2%
Household income+93%$31,799 → $61,406
Broadband+24 points56.8% → 81.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Unionville, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.6 min2015-2019	14.5 min2020-2024	−3.2 min	Within the margin of error	80%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%2015-2019	20.5%2020-2024	+8.9 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Broadband subscriptions	56.8%2015-2019	81.0%2020-2024	+24 points	Improved	95%
Child poverty rate	21.8%2015-2019	20.7%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Effective property tax rate	1.20%2015-2019	0.91%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	72%
High school diploma or higher	91.6%2015-2019	96.1%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Home price to income ratio	2.1×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	−0.4×	Within the margin of error	91%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4182015-2019	0.3992020-2024	−0.019	Within the margin of error	67%
Median household income	$31,7992015-2019	$61,4062020-2024	+93%	Improved	98%
Poverty rate	15.7%2015-2019	18.3%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	41.0%2015-2019	41.4%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	22.8%2015-2019	6.2%2020-2024	−17 points	Improved	99%

“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 Unionville, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Unionville, 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, Unionville, Missouri itself moved +13.5 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,824 residents (±274)

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

721 households (±105)

Unionville, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k25%†181
$25k–50k14%†102
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

721 households (±105)

Unionville, Missouri
Missouri share

Own70%508
Rent30%†213

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (−13.1 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

799 workers (±150)

Unionville, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone79%631
Carpool13%†101
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 Putnam County, the county holding most of Unionville's residents.

Putnam County has 89 employer establishments, 191 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.78× Missouri's), with 633 paid employees at an average annual pay of $35,474. The Census Bureau also counts 435 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 89; 435 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 191; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 633
Average annual pay: $35,474; US $68,342

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

Lessors of real estate	10	21.5	1.75×More than typical	14	$34,571	36
Ambulatory health care services	5	10.8	0.52×Too few to compare	13	$44,308	8
Real estate agents and brokers	5	10.8	2.21×Too few to compare	8	$27,750	9
Restaurants and other eating places	5	10.8	0.59×Too few to compare	17	$11,176	—
Truck transportation	5	10.8	2.13×Too few to compare	10	$64,800	38
Automotive repair and maintenance	4	8.6	1.71×Too few to compare	8	$28,125	16
Gasoline stations	4	8.6	2.65×Too few to compare	32	$29,063	—
Religious organizations	4	8.6	1.55×Too few to compare	9	$16,444	—
Banks and credit unions	3	6.5	2.00×Too few to compare	43	$58,395	—
Building equipment contractors	3	6.5	1.07×Too few to compare	19	$40,895	13
Full-service restaurants	3	6.5	0.84×Too few to compare	12	$11,917	—
General merchandise stores	3	6.5	3.65×Too few to compare	16	$21,375	—

Rank places for an industry Open Putnam County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 4,648 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: Unionville is mostly in Putnam County.

See federal money in Putnam 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.

Unionville, 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.

Putnam County50100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Putnam 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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