Cape Girardeau.
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Missouri·Cape Girardeau County
12 tracts·37K people·$196K median·1,265/mi²
White 75 · Black 13 · Multiracial 4 · Hispanic 4 · Asian 3 · Other 1
Living alone 39 · Married couple 38 · Other 24
Health 47 · Professional 18 · Retail 14 · Leisure 12 · Manufacturing 6 · Public admin 2 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 40 · Service 23 · Sales · office 22 · Production · transport 12 · Construction · maintenance 4
Drive alone 80 · Carpool 15 · Work from home 7 · Walk 3 · Bike 1 · Transit 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Cape Girardeau is $196,300 (Census ACS) — 0.4× the US median of $458,812.
Cape Girardeau has 40,344 residents across 10 census tracts and 11 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 34.5; the population is 75.2% White, 13.2% Black, 4.4% Multiracial, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% Asian and 0.8% Other; the average household has 2.3 people; 34.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 20.8% (Census ACS).
BLANCHARD ELEM. (61%), ALMA SCHRADER ELEM. (48%) and FRANKLIN ELEM. (44%) lead the elementary schools; CENTRAL MIDDLE (35%) and CENTRAL JR. HIGH (32%) lead the middle schools; CENTRAL HIGH is the high school with reported scores (46%). Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $876/month, 44% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Cape Girardeau is $55,658 a year, 35% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Cape Girardeau, median rent is $876/month and the median home value is $196,300 (Census ACS).
Cape Girardeau reported 6.3 violent crimes and 25.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 89°F; winter lows average 28°F; there are 63 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 50 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Cape Girardeau are ice storm (93), heat wave (90) and winter weather (89), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.90g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Cape Girardeau, 3.3% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).