Buchanan County, Missouri (MO)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 8,223
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 22,657
Renter-occupied apartments: 12,338 (it was 10,900 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 32% |
State: | 31% |
Land area: 410 sq. mi.
Water area: 4.8 sq. mi.
Population density: 202 people per square mile (high).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (24.6%), Manufacturing (19.3%), Retail trade (10.9%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 82%
- Government: 13%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 4%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 65,37778.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 6,2187.5%Hispanic or Latino
- 5,3996.5%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 4,6495.6%Two or more races
- 9501.1%Asian alone
- 1780.2%Some other race alone
- 1400.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
Median resident age: | 38.4 years |
Missouri median age: | 39.1 years |
Males: 41,313 | (49.8%) |
Females: 41,598 | (50.2%) |
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Buchanan County: | 2.0 people |
Missouri: | 2 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $56,386 ($34,704 in 1999)
This county: | $56,386 |
Missouri: | $64,811 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $621 (lower quartile is $482, upper quartile is $744)
This county: | $621 |
State: | $757 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $159,400 (it was $72,500 in 2000)
Buchanan: | $159,400 |
Missouri: | $221,200 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,145Detached houses: $238,383
Here: $238,383 State: $278,068 Townhouses or other attached units: $254,037
Here: $254,037 State: $260,773 In 2-unit structures: $244,332
Here: $244,332 State: $172,667 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $437,265
Here: $437,265 State: $181,162 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $47,969
Here: $47,969 State: $263,082 Mobile homes: $82,466
Here: $82,466 State: $95,912
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $459
Institutionalized population: 3,104
Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 13
- Robberies: 2
- Assaults: 8
- Burglaries: 27
- Thefts: 84
- Auto thefts: 37
Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):
- Murders: 0
- Rapes: 18
- Robberies: 1
- Assaults: 26
- Burglaries: 38
- Thefts: 102
- Auto thefts: 64
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2022: 71 buildings, average cost: $220,900
- 2021: 94 buildings, average cost: $222,700
- 2020: 91 buildings, average cost: $215,100
- 2019: 90 buildings, average cost: $233,300
- 2018: 70 buildings, average cost: $195,700
- 2017: 91 buildings, average cost: $196,800
- 2016: 76 buildings, average cost: $204,500
- 2015: 80 buildings, average cost: $187,200
- 2014: 89 buildings, average cost: $180,500
- 2013: 98 buildings, average cost: $188,700
- 2012: 87 buildings, average cost: $188,800
- 2011: 76 buildings, average cost: $173,800
- 2010: 83 buildings, average cost: $154,200
- 2009: 97 buildings, average cost: $175,700
- 2008: 73 buildings, average cost: $179,500
- 2007: 125 buildings, average cost: $176,400
- 2006: 147 buildings, average cost: $166,800
- 2005: 186 buildings, average cost: $169,000
- 2004: 168 buildings, average cost: $170,200
- 2003: 213 buildings, average cost: $137,200
- 2002: 184 buildings, average cost: $137,400
- 2001: 161 buildings, average cost: $134,900
- 2000: 207 buildings, average cost: $114,200
- 1999: 216 buildings, average cost: $124,200
- 1998: 191 buildings, average cost: $122,400
- 1997: 142 buildings, average cost: $118,800
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,260 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,188 (0.8%)
Buchanan County: | 19.1% |
Missouri: | 13.2% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 38.4 years old
(Males: 36.9 years old, Females: 40.2 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 41.6 years old, Black residents: 24.1 years old, American Indian residents: 35.7 years old, Asian residents: 37.9 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 29.0 years old, Other race residents: 29.1 years old)
Area name: St. Joseph, MO-KS MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Buchanan County is $412 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $512 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $645 a month.
Cities in this county include: St. Joseph, Agency, Rushville, Easton, De Kalb, Lewis and Clark Village.
2023 air pollution in Buchanan County:
Particulate Matter (PM10) Annual: 27.4 µg/m3. Above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual: 9.2 µg/m3(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3). Near U.S. average.
Neighboring counties: Bronx County, New York , Chariton County , Mifflin County, Pennsylvania , Pickaway County, Ohio , Nodaway County .
Here: | 2.6% |
Missouri: | 2.8% |
Current college students: 4,905
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 87.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 23.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 3,964 (37.2% naturalized citizens)
Buchanan County: | 4.8% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 1,5822010 or later
- 8042000 to 2009
- 5201990 to 1999
- 1371980 to 1989
- 851970 to 1979
- 314Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 95.5%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 28,020
- One, attached: 1,106
- Two: 878
- 3 or 4: 986
- 5 to 9: 2,437
- 10 to 19: 1,065
- 20 to 49: 1,661
- 50 or more: 767
- Mobile homes: 1,514
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 90
Housing units in Buchanan County with a mortgage: 12,507 (611 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 529 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 257
Here: | 4.5% with mortgage |
State: | 98.0% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Buchanan County
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Evangelical Protestant | 24,772 | 64 |
Catholic | 8,934 | 9 |
Mainline Protestant | 7,475 | 28 |
Other | 2,298 | 11 |
Black Protestant | 416 | 3 |
None | 45,306 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Buchanan County: | 1.46 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 1.88 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.34 / 10,000 pop. |
Missouri: | 0.18 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.45 / 10,000 pop. |
Missouri: | 0.60 / 10,000 pop. |
Buchanan County: | 4.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Missouri: | 4.34 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 6.74 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.37 / 10,000 pop. |
Buchanan County: | 9.6% |
Missouri: | 8.8% |
Buchanan County: | 32.0% |
State: | 29.6% |
Here: | 16.0% |
State: | 13.5% |
Agriculture in Buchanan County:
Average size of farms: 236 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $32,996
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $173.44
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 2.05%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 24.02%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $29,277
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 61.24%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $85,723
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 94.10%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 9.40
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 3.26%
Corn for grain: 43294 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 2664 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 58773 harvested acres
Vegetables: 73 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 21 acres
Earthquake activity:
Buchanan County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Missouri state average. It is 449% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 9/3/2016 at 12:02:44, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.5 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 255.2 miles away from Buchanan County center
On 11/6/2011 at 03:53:10, a magnitude 5.7 (5.7 MW, Depth: 3.2 mi) earthquake occurred 308.7 miles away from the county center
On 11/12/2014 at 21:40:00, a magnitude 4.9 (4.9 MW, Depth: 2.5 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 227.2 miles away from the county center
On 11/7/2016 at 01:44:24, a magnitude 5.0 (5.0 MW, Depth: 2.8 mi) earthquake occurred 279.7 miles away from the county center
On 2/13/2016 at 17:07:06, a magnitude 5.1 (5.1 MW, Depth: 5.2 mi) earthquake occurred 307.6 miles away from Buchanan County center
On 1/19/2020 at 19:08:42, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 206.1 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: moment magnitude (MW)
Most recent natural disasters:
- Missouri Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4490, Natural disaster type: Other
- Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 29, 2019, FEMA Id: 4451, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- Missouri Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: March 11, 2019 - April 16, 2019, FEMA Id: 4435, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
- Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 15, 2015 to July 27, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4238: August 07, 2015, FEMA Id: 4238, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
- Missouri Flooding, Incident Period: June 01, 2011 to August 01, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3325: June 30, 2011, FEMA Id: 3325, Natural disaster type: Flood
- Missouri Flooding, Incident Period: June 01, 2011 to August 01, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4012: August 12, 2011, FEMA Id: 4012, Natural disaster type: Flood
- Missouri Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 05, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1961: March 23, 2011, FEMA Id: 1961, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
- Missouri Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3317: February 03, 2011, FEMA Id: 3317, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
- Missouri Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, Incident Period: June 12, 2010 to July 31, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1934: August 17, 2010, FEMA Id: 1934, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
- Missouri Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to January 28, 2009, Emergency Declared EM-3303: January 30, 2009, FEMA Id: 3303, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
- 15 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.
The number of natural disasters in Buchanan County (25) is a lot greater than the US average (15).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 16
Emergencies Declared: 6
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 16, Storms: 13, Tornadoes: 6, Winter Storms: 5, Winds: 2, Drought: 1, Heavy Rain: 1, Hurricane: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Snowstorm: 1, Other: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 37,655 (79.4%)
- Carpooled: 5,167 (10.9%)
- Bus: 101 (0.2%)
- Ferryboat: 2 (0.0%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 465 (1.0%)
- Bicycle: 20 (0.0%)
- Walked: 460 (1.0%)
- Worked at home: 2,807 (5.9%)
- Health care and social assistance (24%)
- Manufacturing (12%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Retail trade (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation and warehousing (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Health care and social assistance (27%)
- Manufacturing (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Retail trade (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Transportation and warehousing (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Production occupations (18%)
- Material moving occupations (12%)
- Management occupations (8%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Transportation occupations (7%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (7%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (19%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (9%)
- Sales and related occupations (8%)
- Healthcare support occupations (8%)
- Production occupations (8%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
- Management occupations (6%)
- Mexico (25%)
- Cuba (15%)
- El Salvador (11%)
- Guatemala (6%)
- India (6%)
- Ethiopia (5%)
- Philippines (5%)
- German (22%)
- American (13%)
- English (11%)
- Irish (10%)
- Polish (2%)
- European (2%)
- Scottish (2%)
People in group quarters in Buchanan County, Missouri in 2010:
- 2,049 people in state prisons
- 968 people in college/university student housing
- 673 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 161 people in local jails and other municipal confinement facilities
- 157 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 147 people in group homes intended for adults
- 130 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals and psychiatric units in other hospitals
- 103 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 45 people in correctional residential facilities
- 25 people in residential treatment centers for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 21 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
- 16 people in residential treatment centers for adults
People in group quarters in Buchanan County, Missouri in 2000:
- 1,946 people in state prisons
- 956 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 740 people in nursing homes
- 241 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 167 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 128 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 118 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 57 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 55 people in institutions for the deaf
- 51 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 46 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 40 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 27 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 22 people in other group homes
- 17 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 11 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
5.75% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($45,213 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 5.75% |
Missouri average: | 7.67% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.23% relocated from other counties in Missouri ($25,231 average AGI)
2.52% relocated from other states ($19,982 average AGI)
Buchanan County: 2.52% Missouri average: 3.04%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Andrew County, MO | 0.81% ($66,246 average AGI) |
from Jackson County, MO | 0.40% ($32,519) |
from Platte County, MO | 0.34% ($51,080) |
from Clay County, MO | 0.29% ($43,281) |
from DeKalb County, MO | 0.23% ($34,934) |
from Clinton County, MO | 0.20% ($48,908) |
from Doniphan County, KS | 0.16% ($40,769) |
6.56% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($50,378 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 6.56% |
Missouri average: | 7.51% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.69% relocated to other counties in Missouri ($27,230 average AGI)
2.87% relocated to other states ($23,147 average AGI)
Buchanan County: 2.87% Missouri average: 2.88%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Andrew County, MO | 0.94% ($57,497 average AGI) |
to Jackson County, MO | 0.44% ($44,483) |
to Platte County, MO | 0.43% ($48,888) |
to Clay County, MO | 0.38% ($69,444) |
to DeKalb County, MO | 0.25% ($43,169) |
to Doniphan County, KS | 0.21% ($34,265) |
to Johnson County, KS | 0.19% ($75,869) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 10.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.4
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 5.5%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 14,861 (12,230 aged, 2,631 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 1,421 (6%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Buchanan County, Missouri in 1999 - 2019:
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified (1,399)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (1,375)
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (1,367)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (1,258)
- Unspecified diabetes mellitus, without complications (655)
- Alzheimer disease, unspecified (523)
- Unspecified dementia (495)
- Congestive heart failure (490)
- Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction (443)
- Pneumonia, unspecified (297)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1,106
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 1
Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 9
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 93
Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 16
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 138.6. This is more than state average.
- Firearm - 69.3
- Poisoning - 36.3
- Other - 33.0
Household type by relationship:
Households: 82,911- Male householders: 16,751 (5,927 living alone), Female householders: 17,602 (5,204 living alone)
13,894 spouses (13,678 opposite-sex spouses), 3,133 unmarried partners, (2,998 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 20,827 children (19,307 natural, 385 adopted, 1,135 stepchildren), 1,785 grandchildren, 490 brothers or sisters, 844 parents, 142 foster children, 952 other relatives, 3,491 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 3,000
Size of family households: 9,289 2-persons, 5,047 3-persons, 3,556 4-persons, 2,171 5-persons, 262 6-persons, 648 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 11,131 1-person, 1,771 2-persons, 335 3-persons, 143 4-persons.
9,108 married couples with children.
6,754 single-parent households (1,615 men, 5,139 women).
93.4% of residents of Buchanan speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $515,246,000 ($6,074 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $21,498,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $225,834,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $131,871,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $6,083,000
Federal grants: $111,223,000
Federal procurement contracts: $13,388,000 ($2,658,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $26,847,000 ($8,962,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $219,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $33,697,000
Federal Government insurance: $71,675,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 5,760Here: | 68 per 1000 residents |
State: | 69 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 4,777
Here: | 56 per 1000 residents |
State: | 49 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +173
Here: | +2 per 1000 residents |
State: | +7 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -2,162
Here: | -25 per 1000 residents |
State: | +5 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 15.80 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)
Here: | 6.2 |
State: | 6.4 |
Here: | 4.4 |
State: | 4.4 |
- Year house built in Buchanan County, Missouri
- 2512020 or later
- 2,1182010 to 2019
- 3,1152000 to 2009
- 2,4221990 to 1999
- 4,0371980 to 1989
- 5,1931970 to 1979
- 5,1231960 to 1969
- 4,3571950 to 1959
- 2,5571940 to 1949
- 9,3511939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Buchanan County, Missouri
- 1281 room
- 1332 rooms
- 5813 rooms
- 1,4994 rooms
- 4,5345 rooms
- 5,8906 rooms
- 3,2297 rooms
- 2,4388 rooms
- 4,0349+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Buchanan County, Missouri
- 5451 room
- 4962 rooms
- 1,6583 rooms
- 3,5034 rooms
- 2,7875 rooms
- 1,9686 rooms
- 5227 rooms
- 2588 rooms
- 1509+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Buchanan County, Missouri
- 128no bedroom
- 9161 bedroom
- 4,7222 bedrooms
- 11,1053 bedrooms
- 4,1094 bedrooms
- 1,4865+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Buchanan County, Missouri
- 584no bedroom
- 2,0661 bedroom
- 5,9292 bedrooms
- 2,9843 bedrooms
- 3244 bedrooms
- 05+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Buchanan County in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 608no vehicle
- 6,5321 vehicle
- 9,3472 vehicles
- 4,4753 vehicles
- 1,2104 vehicles
- 2945+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Buchanan County in renter-occupied apartments
- 1,950no vehicle
- 6,2711 vehicle
- 2,8012 vehicles
- 3893 vehicles
- 4764 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
85.3% of Buchanan County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Missouri.
Buchanan County: | 85.3% |
State average: | 87.1% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 59,609
- Other state: 18,824
- Northeast: 752
- Midwest: 10,021
- South: 3,789
- West: 4,262
- 63.1%Utility gas
- 29.1%Electricity
- 5.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.9%Wood
- 0.6%Other fuel
- 0.2%Solar energy
- 0.1%No fuel used
- 51.2%Electricity
- 43.1%Utility gas
- 4.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 0.5%No fuel used
- 0.4%Other fuel
- 0.1%Wood
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 20.1% |
Missouri: | 15.4% |
Here: | 21.2% |
Missouri: | 13.9% |
Here: | 3.0% |
Missouri: | 22.6% |
Buchanan County government finances - Expenditure in 2017:
- Current Operations - Correctional Institutions: $7,579,000
Correctional Institutions: $5,728,000
Regular Highways: $3,558,000
Regular Highways: $2,675,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,653,000
Police Protection: $2,571,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,241,000
General Public Buildings: $2,132,000
General Public Buildings: $1,903,000
Central Staff Services: $1,674,000
Financial Administration: $1,541,000
Financial Administration: $1,449,000
Police Protection: $1,338,000
Central Staff Services: $1,014,000
Public Welfare - Other: $268,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $38,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $940,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $940,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $2,822,000
General Revenue - Other: $493,000
Donations From Private Sources: $476,000
Donations From Private Sources: $142,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $10,531,000
Cash and Securities: $8,853,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,324,000
Public Welfare: $1,213,000
Highways: $726,000
Highways: $624,000
General Local Government Support: $44,000
- Tax - General Sales and Gross Receipts: $21,337,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $18,831,000
Property: $7,526,000
Property: $6,618,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $33,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $29,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $10,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $9,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $10,661,000
Buchanan County government finances - Revenue in 2017:
- Current Operations - Correctional Institutions: $7,579,000
Correctional Institutions: $5,728,000
Regular Highways: $3,558,000
Regular Highways: $2,675,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,653,000
Police Protection: $2,571,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,241,000
General Public Buildings: $2,132,000
General Public Buildings: $1,903,000
Central Staff Services: $1,674,000
Financial Administration: $1,541,000
Financial Administration: $1,449,000
Police Protection: $1,338,000
Central Staff Services: $1,014,000
Public Welfare - Other: $268,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $38,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $940,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $940,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $2,822,000
General Revenue - Other: $493,000
Donations From Private Sources: $476,000
Donations From Private Sources: $142,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $10,531,000
Cash and Securities: $8,853,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,324,000
Public Welfare: $1,213,000
Highways: $726,000
Highways: $624,000
General Local Government Support: $44,000
- Tax - General Sales and Gross Receipts: $21,337,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $18,831,000
Property: $7,526,000
Property: $6,618,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $33,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $29,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $10,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $9,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $10,661,000
Buchanan County government finances - Debt in 2017:
- Current Operations - Correctional Institutions: $7,579,000
Correctional Institutions: $5,728,000
Regular Highways: $3,558,000
Regular Highways: $2,675,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,653,000
Police Protection: $2,571,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,241,000
General Public Buildings: $2,132,000
General Public Buildings: $1,903,000
Central Staff Services: $1,674,000
Financial Administration: $1,541,000
Financial Administration: $1,449,000
Police Protection: $1,338,000
Central Staff Services: $1,014,000
Public Welfare - Other: $268,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $38,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $940,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $940,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $2,822,000
General Revenue - Other: $493,000
Donations From Private Sources: $476,000
Donations From Private Sources: $142,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $10,531,000
Cash and Securities: $8,853,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,324,000
Public Welfare: $1,213,000
Highways: $726,000
Highways: $624,000
General Local Government Support: $44,000
- Tax - General Sales and Gross Receipts: $21,337,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $18,831,000
Property: $7,526,000
Property: $6,618,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $33,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $29,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $10,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $9,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $10,661,000
Buchanan County government finances - Cash and Securities in 2017:
- Current Operations - Correctional Institutions: $7,579,000
Correctional Institutions: $5,728,000
Regular Highways: $3,558,000
Regular Highways: $2,675,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,653,000
Police Protection: $2,571,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $2,241,000
General Public Buildings: $2,132,000
General Public Buildings: $1,903,000
Central Staff Services: $1,674,000
Financial Administration: $1,541,000
Financial Administration: $1,449,000
Police Protection: $1,338,000
Central Staff Services: $1,014,000
Public Welfare - Other: $268,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $38,000
- Long Term Debt - Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $940,000
Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $940,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue - Other: $2,822,000
General Revenue - Other: $493,000
Donations From Private Sources: $476,000
Donations From Private Sources: $142,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $10,531,000
Cash and Securities: $8,853,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $1,324,000
Public Welfare: $1,213,000
Highways: $726,000
Highways: $624,000
General Local Government Support: $44,000
- Tax - General Sales and Gross Receipts: $21,337,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $18,831,000
Property: $7,526,000
Property: $6,618,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $33,000
Alcoholic Beverage License: $29,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $10,000
Occupation and Business License - Other: $9,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $10,661,000
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:
- Total number of recipients: 2,053
- Number of aged recipients: 92
- Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,961
- Number of recipients under 18: 360
- Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,406
- Number of recipients older than 64: 287
- Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 731
- Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 933
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 26 full tracts) | ||||||||||||||
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans | B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | C) Refinancings | D) Home Improvement Loans | E) Loans on Dwellings For 5+ Families | F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D) | G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D) | ||||||||
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Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 413 | $110,022 | 451 | $99,579 | 1,608 | $124,268 | 142 | $37,113 | 11 | $306,182 | 359 | $76,501 | 13 | $45,385 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 24 | $116,667 | 33 | $102,182 | 142 | $120,739 | 23 | $33,043 | 0 | $0 | 7 | $81,714 | 4 | $71,500 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 45 | $88,022 | 63 | $78,571 | 608 | $109,997 | 119 | $27,235 | 0 | $0 | 48 | $71,938 | 23 | $64,000 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 44 | $114,182 | 27 | $106,000 | 421 | $123,105 | 19 | $55,316 | 0 | $0 | 22 | $64,273 | 6 | $82,500 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 11 | $87,000 | 3 | $59,667 | 105 | $127,400 | 11 | $55,273 | 0 | $0 | 2 | $63,500 | 1 | $97,000 |
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009 (Based on 24 full tracts) | ||||||
A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans | B) Refinancings | C) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A & B) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | Number | Average Value | |
LOANS ORIGINATED | 66 | $120,439 | 81 | $144,111 | 0 | $0 |
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 11 | $114,727 | 21 | $152,190 | 1 | $136,000 |
APPLICATIONS DENIED | 17 | $172,471 | 15 | $179,133 | 0 | $0 |
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 4 | $246,500 | 4 | $163,750 | 0 | $0 |
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 | 2 | $158,000 | 0 | $0 |
Most common first names in Buchanan County, MO among deceased individuals | ||
Name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
William | 173 | 76.2 years |
Mary | 162 | 80.7 years |
James | 147 | 72.3 years |
John | 145 | 78.1 years |
Charles | 139 | 75.0 years |
Robert | 102 | 73.9 years |
George | 99 | 75.6 years |
Helen | 83 | 81.8 years |
Dorothy | 68 | 79.6 years |
Margaret | 61 | 78.2 years |
Most common last names in Buchanan County, MO among deceased individuals | ||
Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
---|---|---|
Smith | 64 | 77.8 years |
Miller | 55 | 79.2 years |
Brown | 46 | 75.0 years |
Wilson | 41 | 77.6 years |
Anderson | 34 | 80.7 years |
Johnson | 34 | 75.0 years |
Jones | 33 | 78.0 years |
Davis | 33 | 77.9 years |
White | 32 | 79.4 years |
Moore | 30 | 81.1 years |
Businesses in Buchanan County, MO | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|
AT&T | 1 | MasterBrand Cabinets | 1 | |
Ace Hardware | 1 | McDonald's | 2 | |
Advance Auto Parts | 1 | Menards | 1 | |
Arby's | 1 | Payless | 1 | |
Best Western | 1 | Penske | 2 | |
Burger King | 1 | Pizza Hut | 2 | |
Dairy Queen | 2 | Quiznos | 1 | |
Domino's Pizza | 1 | SONIC Drive-In | 3 | |
FedEx | 7 | Sears | 1 | |
GameStop | 1 | T-Mobile | 1 | |
H&R Block | 3 | Taco Bell | 2 | |
Hardee's | 1 | U-Haul | 1 | |
Hilton | 1 | UPS | 12 | |
Hobby Lobby | 1 | Waffle House | 1 | |
Kmart | 1 | Walgreens | 1 | |
La-Z-Boy | 1 | Walmart | 1 | |
Little Caesars Pizza | 1 | Wendy's | 1 | |
Long John Silver's | 1 | YMCA | 3 |
Buchanan County on our top lists:
- #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM10) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m3)"
- #63 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
- #67 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m3)"
- #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"