Scores by category

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

Safety42#9,052/15,637
Economy16#13,077/15,631
Housing62#5,730/14,977
Health8#14,325/15,609
Healthcare5#14,870/15,650
Environment84#2,500/15,453
Education58#6,633/15,649
Infrastructure10#14,089/15,650
Community47#8,306/15,651
Leisure & amenities27#11,354/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Job growth · high2.9%
93/100Missouri 0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataBenton County value
Social associations · high14.6 /10k
90/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBenton County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Missouri 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBenton County value
Preventable hospital stays · low2,106 /100k
82/100Missouri 3,034 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBenton County value
Students per teacher · low12.3×
80/100Missouri 12.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsBenton County value
High school diploma or higher · high90.4%
79/100Missouri 91.8%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$770
0/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBenton County value
Distance to an emergency room · high21.6 mi
2/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBenton County value
Dentists · low15 /100k
2/100Missouri 64 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBenton County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low32.4%
3/100Missouri 76.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBenton County value
Adult smoking · high22.9%
4/100Missouri 19.5%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Injury deaths · high139 /100k
6/100Missouri 106 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBenton County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,683 (2015-2019) → 1,980 (2020-2024)
−26%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
40.4% (2015-2019) → 15.2% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.9 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.9% (2015-2019) → 85.3% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
16.7 min (2015-2019) → 23.9 min (2020-2024)
+43%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.419 (2015-2019) → 0.553 (2020-2024)
+32%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

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, Warsaw, Missouri improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 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+15 points69.9% → 85.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Warsaw, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.7 min2015-2019	23.9 min2020-2024	+7.2 min	Within the margin of error	5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%2015-2019	14.9%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Broadband subscriptions	69.9%2015-2019	85.3%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	81%
Effective property tax rate	0.90%2015-2019	0.63%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	69%
High school diploma or higher	86.2%2015-2019	90.4%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+0.8×	Within the margin of error	33%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4192015-2019	0.5532020-2024	+0.133	Within the margin of error	2%
Median household income	$33,1522015-2019	$41,4132020-2024	+25%	Within the margin of error	44%
Poverty rate	25.3%2015-2019	20.1%2020-2024	−5.2 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	34.3%2015-2019	30.9%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Rent-burdened households	57.8%2015-2019	51.9%2020-2024	−5.9 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.3%2015-2019	9.1%2020-2024	−6.2 points	Within the margin of error	90%

“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 Warsaw, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Warsaw, 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, Warsaw, Missouri itself moved −1.2 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

1,980 residents (±437)

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 men (−5.4 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

1,980 residents (±437)

Warsaw, Missouri
Missouri share

White88%1,741
Black1.0%†19
Hispanic or Latino4.0%†80
Asian0.0%0
American Indian and Alaska Native2.3%†45
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander1.9%†37
Other or two or more races2.9%†58

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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,423 residents (±288)

Warsaw, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma9.6%†137
High school or GED47%662
Some college22%†309
Associate degree7.2%†103
Bachelor's degree6.7%†96
Graduate degree8.2%†116

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+5.2 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

768 households (±151)

Warsaw, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k32%†247
$25k–50k29%†220
$50k–75k11%†86
$75k–100k9.8%†75
$100k–150k8.2%†63
$150k–200k8.1%†62
$200k or more2.0%†15

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+8.0 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 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

768 households (±151)

Warsaw, Missouri
Missouri share

Own63%486
Rent37%282

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

268 households (±76)

Warsaw, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75057%†154
$750–1,00022%†58
$1,000–1,50015%†39

Home values

486 homes (±132)

Warsaw, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k49%†238
$150k–250k38%†184
$250k–400k12%†59

Age of homes

868 homes (±172)

Warsaw, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later7.8%†68
2000–200912%†102
1980–199925%†213

Size of homes

868 homes (±172)

Warsaw, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio1.8%†16
1 bedroom11%†95
2 bedrooms31%†271

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

584 workers (±167)

Warsaw, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone80%†468
Carpool14%†80
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.5%†9
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.1%†18
Other1.5%†9

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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

566 workers (±165)

Warsaw, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min60%341
15–29 min7.2%†41
30–44 min15%†87

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 Benton County, the county holding most of Warsaw's residents.

Benton County has 383 employer establishments, 186 for every 10,000 residents (0.75× the US rate of 248; 0.76× Missouri's), with 2,399 paid employees at an average annual pay of $31,654. The Census Bureau also counts 1,696 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 383; 1,696 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 186; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 2,399
Average annual pay: $31,654; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	41	19.9	1.29×More than typical	158	$50,373	234
Restaurants and other eating places	30	14.6	0.79×Fewer than typical	339	$17,991	6
Religious organizations	27	13.1	2.37×More than typical	86	$14,279	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	20	9.7	1.93×More than typical	48	$35,167	41
Ambulatory health care services	18	8.8	0.42×Fewer than typical	97	$57,505	38
Full-service restaurants	18	8.8	1.14×About typical	144	$19,438	—
Lessors of real estate	17	8.3	0.67×Fewer than typical	36	$23,694	138
Other specialty trade contractors	17	8.3	3.29×More than typical	49	$46,592	90
Building equipment contractors	15	7.3	1.21×About typical	44	$58,750	27
Gasoline stations	12	5.8	1.80×More than typical	138	$23,457	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	12	5.8	1.33×More than typical	24	$38,667	24
Offices of other health practitioners	12	5.8	0.96×About typical	33	$47,000	11

Rank places for an industry Open Benton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 20,568 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 $12.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Warsaw, Missouri: $6.18 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $12.2K; −18% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6.18; US $1,994
Sole-source: 9.4%; 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

Department of the Army$12.2K100%

Top recipients

MAUZEY SOIL, INC$3,02925%
GOLDEN VALLEY BRUSH CONTROL, L.L.C.$2,27319%
OZARK DISPOSAL COMPANY$9017.4%
GERMRIP LLC$6525.3%
TRIBALCO LLC$6495.3%
COUNTY OF HENRY$6205.1%
COUNTY OF BENTON MISSOURI$5364.4%
BALES SARAH$4894.0%

Spending by fiscal year

27.2KFY2017
103.3KFY2018
91.6KFY2019
46.4KFY2020
18.9KFY2021
71.5KFY2022
18.7KFY2023
13.7KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$5,27443%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$3,02925%
Justice, public order, and safety activities · 9221$1,1569.4%
Waste collection · 5621$9017.4%
Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers · 5173$6495.3%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212

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

Warsaw, Missouri's figures are part of those of Benton County, MO ($1.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Benton 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.

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

House

Mark AlfordR-MO-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.6%

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.

Benton County24100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Benton 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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