Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety65#320/924
Economy54#425/925
Housing71#270/925
Health51#453/925
Healthcare17#770/923
Environment72#260/917
Education70#277/925
Infrastructure60#374/925
Community39#561/925
Leisure & amenities5#876/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Warrensburg, MO micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.400
98/100Missouri 0.465United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
92/100Missouri 33 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Injury deaths · low66 /100k
91/100Missouri 106 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Loneliness · low31.2%
89/100Missouri 32.5%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Rent-burdened households · low40.8%
83/100Missouri 45.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
High school diploma or higher · high93.2%
80/100Missouri 91.8%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.5 /10k
2/100Missouri 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.8 /10k
6/100Missouri 4.6 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Average weekly wage · low$933
8/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Primary care physicians · low37 /100k
12/100Missouri 72 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Flu vaccinations · low34.0%
17/100Missouri 44.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Mammography screening · low40.0%
19/100Missouri 49.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 26% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+26 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Arts, entertainment and recreationImproving
0.9 /10k (2020) → 1.8 /10k (2025)
+91%5 yearsUS 4.8 /10k → 5.5 /10k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
44.4% (2010 & 2021) → 61.3% (2022 & 2024)
+17 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New business applicationsImproving
6.8 /1k (2020) → 11.2 /1k (2025)
+64%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
45.0% (2019) → 34.0% (2023)
−11 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
20.6% (2020 & 2021) → 30.8% (2023 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%

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, Warrensburg, MO micropolitan area improved on 13 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 8 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Arts & recreation+91%0.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k
Homicides−64%10.2 /100k → 3.7 /100k
Firearm deaths−29%20.4 /100k → 14.5 /100k
Poverty−2.7 points14.5% → 11.8%
Gyms+27%0.6 /10k → 0.7 /10k

Declined5

Grocery stores−29%0.7 /10k → 0.5 /10k
Commute+2.2 min21.5 min → 23.7 min
Overdose deaths+23%11.0 /100k → 13.5 /100k
Price / income+0.7×2.8× → 3.5×
Suicides+11%16.2 /100k → 18.0 /100k

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Warrensburg, MO micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	0.9 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+91%	Improved	99%
Average commute time	21.5 min2015-2019	23.7 min2020-2024	+2.2 min	Declined	10%
Average weekly wage	$7742020	$9332025	+21%	Improved	26%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Broadband subscriptions	86.1%2015-2019	90.5%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Improved	6%
Child poverty rate	11.1%2015-2019	12.5%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Distance to an airport	63 mi2020	63 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	76%
Drug overdose deaths	11.0 /100k2020	13.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+23%	Declined	16%
Effective property tax rate	0.81%2015-2019	0.69%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Firearm deaths	20.4 /100k2020	14.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−29%	Improved	91%
Grocery stores	0.7 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	−29%	Declined	4%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	+27%	Improved	77%
High school diploma or higher	92.5%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	28%
Homicide rate	10.2 /100k2020	3.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−64%	Improved	87%
Income adjusted for local prices	$43,2502019	$57,7022024	+33%	Improved	62%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3982015-2019	0.4012020-2024	+0.003	Within the margin of error	45%
Median household income	$55,2732015-2019	$67,2722020-2024	+22%	Improved	21%
New business applications	6.8 /1k2020	11.2 /1k2025	+64%	Improved	75%
Pharmacies	1.1 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−4.7%	Little change	58%
Poverty rate	14.5%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Improved	83%
Property crime rate	1,804 /100k2020	969 /100k2025	−46%	Improved	80%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−2.9%	Little change	39%
Rent as share of income	28.5%2015-2019	27.3%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Rent-burdened households	46.4%2015-2019	40.8%2020-2024	−5.6 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Restaurants and bars	7.0 /10k2020	7.2 /10k2025	+2.9%	Little change	58%
Suicide rate	16.2 /100k2020	18.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+11%	Declined	36%
Traffic deaths	16.7 /100k2015-2019	15.0 /100k2020-2024	−10%	Improved	77%
Unemployment rate	5.3%2020	4.0%2025	−1.3 points	Improved	8%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.4%2015-2019	9.7%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Violent crime rate	180 /100k2020	182 /100k2025	+0.9%	Little change	25%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Warrensburg, MO micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Warrensburg, MO micropolitan area 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, Warrensburg, MO micropolitan area itself moved +0.9 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

54,732 residents

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

21,087 households (±318)

Warrensburg, MO micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k12%2,501
$25k–50k24%5,046
$50k–75k20%4,297

Homes

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

Owners and renters

21,087 households (±318)

Warrensburg, MO micropolitan area
United States share

Own64%13,391
Rent36%7,696

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.5 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

27,349 workers (±671)

Warrensburg, MO micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone79%21,633
Carpool8.5%2,337
Public transit0.2%†54

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Warrensburg, MO micropolitan area.

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.

Warrensburg, MO has 951 employer establishments, 173 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248), with 10,744 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,037. The Census Bureau also counts 3,541 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 951; 3,541 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 173; US 248
Paid employees: 10,744
Average annual pay: $41,037; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	91	16.5	1.07×About typical	306	$49,340	390
Restaurants and other eating places	69	12.5	0.68×Fewer than typical	1,409	$18,972	13
Ambulatory health care services	63	11.4	0.55×Fewer than typical	431	$55,499	112
Religious organizations	47	8.5	1.54×More than typical	191	$16,120	—
Lessors of real estate	43	7.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	96	$48,604	365
Construction of buildings	40	7.3	0.96×About typical	134	$48,291	189
Building equipment contractors	37	6.7	1.12×About typical	187	$52,214	78
Limited-service restaurants	36	6.5	0.82×About typical	751	$16,735	9
Full-service restaurants	30	5.4	0.71×Fewer than typical	598	$21,207	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	29	5.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	105	$30,105	215
Offices of other health practitioners	26	4.7	0.78×Fewer than typical	143	$43,503	64
Automotive repair and maintenance	23	4.2	0.83×About typical	77	$32,675	68

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 55,051 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $126.5M on contracts performed in Warrensburg, MO micropolitan area: $2,232 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $126.5M; +0.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,232; US $1,994
Sole-source: 11%; US 30%
Single offer: 39%; 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 Air Force$84.8M67%
Defense Logistics Agency$33.2M26%
Department of the Navy$4.7M3.7%
Department of the Army$2.9M2.3%
Defense Commissary Agency$500.4K0.4%
Defense Information Systems Agency$389.5K0.3%
Federal Acquisition Service$180.2K0.1%
Bureau of Land Management$8,2780.0%

Top recipients

SEMPRE, INC.$44.8M35%
ENERSYS ENERGY PRODUCTS INC.$38.5M30%
VAZQUEZ REASBECK CONSTRUCTION LLC$13.6M11%
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$4.7M3.8%
INFINITE ENERGY CONSTRUCTION, INC$4.2M3.3%

Spending by fiscal year

106.6MFY2017
134.6MFY2018
138MFY2019
124MFY2020
132.6MFY2021
141.7MFY2022
118.4MFY2023
113.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$44.8M35%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$38.6M30%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$18.3M14%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$4.3M3.4%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$3.3M2.6%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419

Largest awards

CUAS STRIKER PACKAGE AND BASE AREA LAYER NETWORK (SEMPRE T) SUPPORT. THE RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST IS COMPOSED OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS THAT PROVIDE CUAS CAPABILITY, A BASE AREA LAYERED NETWORK DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE.$44.8M
SEMPRE, INC.· Johnson County, MO· Research & development· Mar 6, 2026 – Jun 8, 2026· FA462526C0009
AWARD FOR CONSOLIDATED VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT WAFB.$26.7M
L.S. BLACK CONSTRUCTORS, LLC· Johnson County, MO· Construction & real property· Jul 29, 2021 – Mar 16, 2026· W912DQ21C4002
FLIGHTLINE FUELING FACILITY$19.9M
MEB GENERAL CONTRACTORS INC· Johnson County, MO· Construction & real property· Jul 24, 2025 – Mar 18, 2026· W912DQ25CA010

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $342.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Warrensburg, MO micropolitan area: $6,047 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $342.7M; −3.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,047; US $12,955
Loan face value: $50.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 3.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$163.4M48%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$74.8M22%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$25.2M7.3%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$16M4.7%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$12.9M3.8%
64.015 · Veterans State Nursing Home Care$11M3.2%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$7.1M2.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$6M1.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI$13.4M3.9%
WARRENSBURG, MO
VETERANS COMMISSION MISSOURI$11M3.2%
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$7.8M2.3%
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
SPRINGRIDGE HIGHLANDS, LP$402.7K0.1%
MARSHALL, MO
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$210.6M61%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$85.2M25%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$13.9M4.0%
Under Secretary for Health/Veterans Health Administration$11.2M3.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$10.3M3.0%

Assistance by fiscal year

312.4MFY2021
263.8MFY2022
285.5MFY2023
296.8MFY2024
354.7MFY2025
342.7MFY2026

County aggregates

87%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Warrensburg, MO

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Johnson CountyCentral county5756,670

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

WarrensburgPrincipal city19,582

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Missouri

Areas based in Missouri, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Warrensburg, MO micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Warrensburg, MO

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Missouri

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved13

Declined5

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought