County · Missouri

Cedar County, Missouri

Cedar County, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 24 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,387 of 3,143 US counties. Within Missouri it ranks #93 of 115 counties. It ranks best on job growth (high), public transit commuters (high) and preventable hospital stays (low). It ranks worst on average weekly wage (low), income adjusted for local prices (low) and adult smoking (high).

24Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,387 of 3,143 counties
Missouri: #93 of 115 in MO
Population: 14,888 (2025)
Land area: 474 mi²
Density: 31.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 29039

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 79 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety18#2,533/3,096
Economy14#2,717/3,143
Housing43#1,781/3,140
Health19#2,537/3,144
Healthcare24#2,376/3,143
Environment58#1,308/3,108
Education43#1,799/3,144
Infrastructure31#2,154/3,144
Community51#1,549/3,144
Leisure & amenities23#2,411/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cedar County, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Job growth · high4.4%
93/100Missouri 0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Public transit commuters · high1.3%
90/100Missouri 0.8%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Preventable hospital stays · low1,697 /100k
89/100Missouri 3,034 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Time spent in the emergency room · low106 min
83/100Missouri 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Students per teacher · low11.8×
77/100Missouri 12.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
New business applications · high14.2 /1k
75/100Missouri 16.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$796
3/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Income adjusted for local prices · low$50,360
8/100Missouri $71,484United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Adult smoking · high21.4%
9/100Missouri 19.5%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Flu vaccinations · low25.0%
10/100Missouri 44.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Firearm deaths · high22.7 /100k
11/100Missouri 20.1 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional data
Child care cost burden · high37.3%
12/100Missouri 30.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 50% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+50 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Primary care physiciansImproving
28 /100k (2019) → 55 /100k (2022)
+97%3 yearsUS 77 /100k → 76 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
18.0% (2020 & 2021) → 37.3% (2023 & 2024)
+19 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Voter turnoutWorsening
80.1% (2020) → 65.9% (2024)
−14 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
New business applicationsImproving
8.4 /1k (2020) → 14.2 /1k (2025)
+69%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
47.4% (2010 & 2021) → 59.2% (2022 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%

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, Cedar County, Missouri improved on 7 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 20 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

Household income+38%$38,427 → $53,079
Weekly wage+34%$595 → $796
Bachelor's++5.4 points13.6% → 19.0%
Real income+37%$36,881 → $50,360
New businesses+69%8.4 /1k → 14.2 /1k

Declined2

Price / income+1.0×2.5× → 3.5×
Students / teacher+0.6×11.1× → 11.8×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Cedar County, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.8 /10k2020	3.4 /10k2025	+19%	Within the margin of error	71%
Average commute time	25.6 min2015-2019	25.1 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Average weekly wage	$5952020	$7962025	+34%	Improved	92%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%2015-2019	19.0%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Improved	87%
Broadband subscriptions	74.4%2015-2019	82.4%2020-2024	+8 points	Improved	33%
Child poverty rate	26.7%2019	23.2%2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Distance to an airport	46 mi2020	46 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	14.8 /100k2020	15.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+2%	Within the margin of error	24%
Effective property tax rate	0.62%2015-2019	0.59%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Firearm deaths	20.4 /100k2020	22.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+11%	Within the margin of error	32%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−4.6%	Within the margin of error	37%
High school diploma or higher	87.7%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	10%
Homicide rate	5.8 /100k2020	4.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−24%	Within the margin of error	46%
Income adjusted for local prices	$36,8812019	$50,3602024	+37%	Improved	75%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4482015-2019	0.4952020-2024	+0.047	Within the margin of error	7%
Median household income	$38,4272019	$53,0792024	+38%	Improved	94%
New business applications	8.4 /1k2020	14.2 /1k2025	+69%	Improved	77%
Pharmacies	2.1 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−36%	Within the margin of error	11%
Poverty rate	17.9%2019	16.5%2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Property crime rate	1,895 /100k2020	921 /100k2025	−51%	Improved	77%
Public libraries	1.4 /10k2019	1.3 /10k2024	−4.2%	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent as share of income	31.2%2015-2019	28.5%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Rent-burdened households	52.0%2015-2019	46.2%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Restaurants and bars	7.7 /10k2020	6.0 /10k2025	−22%	Within the margin of error	12%
Students per teacher	11.1×2019	11.8×2024	+0.6×	Declined	13%
Suicide rate	23.7 /100k2020	25.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+7.2%	Within the margin of error	41%
Traffic deaths	18.5 /100k2015-2019	16.5 /100k2020-2024	−11%	Within the margin of error	69%
Unemployment rate	4.8%2020	4.6%2025	−0.2 points	Little change	4%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.3%2019	14.5%2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Violent crime rate	359 /100k2020	277 /100k2025	−23%	Within the margin of error	59%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Cedar County, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cedar County, 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, Cedar County, Missouri itself moved −2.4 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

14,615 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

5,773 households (±237)

Cedar County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k21%1,241
$25k–50k30%1,751
$50k–75k16%921

Homes

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

Owners and renters

5,773 households (±237)

Cedar County, Missouri
Missouri share

Own74%4,277
Rent26%1,496

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

5,704 workers (±410)

Cedar County, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone76%4,361
Carpool9.7%†551
Public transit1.3%†

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.

Cedar County has 305 employer establishments, 208 for every 10,000 residents (0.84× the US rate of 248; 0.85× Missouri's), with 2,576 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,577. The Census Bureau also counts 1,280 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 305; 1,280 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 208; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 2,576
Average annual pay: $37,577; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	28	19.1	1.23×About typical	94	$40,532	193
Restaurants and other eating places	21	14.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	229	$17,319	—
Religious organizations	17	11.6	2.09×More than typical	58	$21,241	—
Ambulatory health care services	13	8.9	0.43×Fewer than typical	154	$59,545	27
Building equipment contractors	11	7.5	1.25×About typical	26	$27,769	40
Construction of buildings	11	7.5	0.99×About typical	58	$42,259	131
Limited-service restaurants	11	7.5	0.93×About typical	173	$17,879	—
Truck transportation	11	7.5	1.48×More than typical	16	$34,813	66
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	6.8	1.35×More than typical	30	$23,867	32
Lessors of real estate	9	6.1	0.50×Too few to compare	58	$21,517	128
Child day care services	8	5.5	2.23×Too few to compare	22	$24,000	21
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	8	5.5	1.65×Too few to compare	15	$26,133	23

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,674 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.2M on contracts performed in Cedar County, Missouri: $83.70 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.2M; +22% vs FY2025
Per resident: $83.70; US $1,994
Sole-source: 5.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; 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$726.8K58%
Bureau of Land Management$519.4K42%

Top recipients

THORESON RANCH INC$519.4K42%
BROWN'S LAWN AND TREE SERVICE LLC$205.7K17%
COGENT, INC.$90.3K7.2%
MARIGOLD SOLUTIONS LLC$69.7K5.6%
COUNTY OF CEDAR MISSOURI$65K5.2%

Spending by fiscal year

1.3MFY2017
1.9MFY2018
1.1MFY2019
2.1MFY2020
1.4MFY2021
1.2MFY2022
989.4KFY2023
1.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for animal production · 1152$519.4K42%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$415.9K33%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212$90.9K7.3%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$90.3K7.2%
Justice, public order, and safety activities · 9221$65K5.2%
Waste collection · 5621

Largest awards

THORESON TASK ORDER$533.2K
THORESON RANCH INC· Cedar County, MO· Facilities & utilities· Jan 6, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026· 140L0126F0029
EXERCISE OPTION PERIOD 7 FOR HOLDING WILD HORSES IN AN OFF-RANGE PASTURE FACILITY TO PROVIDE NECESSARY CARE, PASTURING, FACILITIES, PERSONNEL, AND SUPPLIES FOR MAINTENANCE ANIMALS.$527.1K
THORESON RANCH INC· Cedar County, MO· Facilities & utilities· Sep 5, 2023 – Jul 22, 2026· 140L0123F0109
THIS IS A NON-PERSONNEL SERVICES CONTRACT TO PROVIDE MOWING SERVICES AT STOCKTON LAKE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS AND MAPS IN THIS PERFORMANCE OF WORK STATEMENT.$205.7K
BROWN'S LAWN AND TREE SERVICE LLC· Cedar County, MO· Facilities & utilities· Apr 8, 2026 – Apr 8, 2026· W912DQ26PA055

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.

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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 $110.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Cedar County, Missouri: $7,404 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $110.2M; +0.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,404; US $12,955
Loan face value: $5.9M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 4.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$64.4M58%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$12.1M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$11.3M10%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$6.2M5.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$3.7M3.4%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$2.5M2.3%
10.109 · Livestock Forage Disaster Program$2.3M2.1%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$865K0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$4.7M4.3%
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
STOCKTON HEIGHTS LP$148.4K0.1%
JOPLIN, MO
MCCRARY APARTMENTS, LLC$121.4K0.1%
EL DORADO SPRINGS, MO
MAPLEWOOD ESTATES$105.7K0.1%
STOCKTON, MO
ANDELIN LIVESTOCK LLC$101.4K

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$86.5M78%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$12.7M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$4.7M4.3%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$2.8M2.5%
Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation

Assistance by fiscal year

86.5MFY2021
89.1MFY2022
103.5MFY2023
103.1MFY2024
109.4MFY2025
110.2MFY2026

County aggregates

91%

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.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Cedar County, Missouri compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Cedar County, Missouri
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cedar County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$95.56	$1,436
FY2018	$132	$1,552
FY2019	$79.40	$1,654
FY2020	$148	$1,880
FY2021	$98.10	$1,810
FY2022	$80.35	$1,917
FY2023	$67.43	$2,079
FY2024	$77.57	$2,047
FY2025	$68.34	$2,165
FY2026	$83.70 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cedar County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$8.39	$93.28
FY2018	$24.74	$105
FY2019	$13.53	$128
FY2020	$88.54	$145
FY2021	$34.77	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cedar County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$185	$5,748
FY2022	$168	$5,221
FY2023	$217	$5,364
FY2024	$300	$5,501
FY2025	$54.67	$5,732
FY2026	$399

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cedar County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$86.11	$298
FY2022	$87.23	$357
FY2023	$149	$301
FY2024	$176	$319
FY2025	-$13.68	$360
FY2026	$315

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cedar County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$32.30	$239
FY2022	$45.97	$185
FY2023	$53.83	$229
FY2024	$44.59	$229
FY2025	$69.50	$249
FY2026	$63.88

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cedar County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$746	$1,186
FY2022	$234	$465
FY2023	-$15.18	$76.52
FY2024	$142	$120
FY2025	$54.72	$148
FY2026	$13.35

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Cedar County, Missouri
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Cedar County, Missouri and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
2014	−1.1%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/29039

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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.

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

House

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

Senate

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Cities and towns in Cedar County

Places whose residents live mostly in Cedar County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
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
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/29039

Calendar years	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
2014	−2.8%	−4.2%
2015	−1.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.9%	+3.3%
2018	+7.3%	+6.8%
2019	+9.6%	+10.5%
2020	+17.1%	+19.4%
2021	+23.4%	+26.1%
2022	+30.9%	+30.6%
2023	+43.3%	+35.0%
2024	+54.3%	+41.0%
2025	+56.7%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
2014	−1.0%	−5.5%
2015	+1.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.0%	+4.1%
2018	+5.9%	+8.9%
2019	+9.3%	+13.5%
2020	+18.6%	+20.8%
2021	+26.1%	+32.1%
2022	+27.3%	+35.4%
2023	+39.3%	+42.9%
2024	+45.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
2014	0.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.5/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.5/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.6/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.3/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
2014	−6.6%	−6.9%
2015	+4.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.4%	+4.7%
2018	+3.6%	+7.5%
2019	+6.7%	+14.0%
2020	+11.5%	+16.9%
2021	+21.0%	+21.0%
2022	+27.7%	+29.7%
2023	+35.5%	+34.9%
2024	+47.4%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
2014	−3.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−1.4% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	−0.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+22.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+46.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+68.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+77.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+88.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+94.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
2014	6.4%	6.2%
2015	5.4%	5.3%
2016	5.3%	4.9%
2017	4.4%	4.4%
2018	3.7%	3.9%
2019	3.9%	3.7%
2020	4.8%	8.1%
2021	3.7%	5.4%
2022	3.0%	3.7%
2023	3.8%	3.6%
2024	4.3%	4.0%
2025	4.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
2014	21.4%	15.5%
2015	19.9%	14.7%
2016	19.8%	14.0%
2017	17.2%	13.4%
2018	17.9%	13.1%
2019	17.9%	12.3%
2020	18.5%	11.9%
2021	18.2%	12.8%
2022	16.4%	12.6%
2023	15.0%	12.5%
2024	16.5%	12.1%

Calendar years	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
2014	18.6%	13.5%
2015	16.4%	10.9%
2016	14.3%	10.0%
2017	14.6%	10.2%
2018	15.2%	10.4%
2019	16.3%	10.8%
2020	16.1%	10.4%
2021	14.9%	10.2%
2022	14.7%	9.5%
2023	13.4%	9.5%
2024	14.5%	9.8%

Calendar years	Cedar County, Missouri	United States
2014	6.3/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.7/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.4/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.2/1k	15.1/1k
2023	11.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.2/1k	16.6/1k

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