Poplar Bluff.
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Missouri·Butler County
7 tracts·11K people·$120K median·823/mi²
White 79 · Black 9 · Multiracial 7 · Hispanic 2 · Other 2 · Asian 1
Living alone 39 · Married couple 36 · Other 25
Health 36 · Retail 18 · Manufacturing 16 · Leisure 13 · Professional 12 · Public admin 3 · Other 2
Production · transport 25 · Service 25 · Management · business · science · arts 23 · Sales · office 19 · Construction · maintenance 8
Drive alone 77 · Carpool 30 · Work from home 4 · Walk 2 · Transit 1 · Bike 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 Poplar Bluff is $119,800 (Census ACS) — 0.3× the US median of $458,812.
Poplar Bluff has 16,254 residents across 4 census tracts and 6 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 37.3; the population is 78.5% White, 9.1% Black, 7.3% Multiracial, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% Other and 0.9% Asian; the average household has 2.4 people; 14.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 20.8% (Census ACS).
OAK GROVE ELEM. (60%), O'NEAL ELEM. (52%) and EUGENE FIELD ELEM. (47%) lead the elementary schools; POPLAR BLUFF MIDDLE SCHOOL (41%) and POPLAR BLUFF JR. HIGH (34%) lead the middle schools; POPLAR BLUFF HIGH is the high school with reported scores (31%). Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $760/month, 52% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Poplar Bluff is $41,941 a year, 51% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Poplar Bluff, median rent is $760/month and the median home value is $119,800 (Census ACS).
Poplar Bluff reported 0.3 violent crimes and 0.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 89°F; winter lows average 28°F; there are 66 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 52 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Poplar Bluff are tornado (99), ice storm (98) and heat wave (97), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.94g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Poplar Bluff, 2.2% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).