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Polk County, MO

People
Population32,444B01003
Population, 2020 census31,519P1
Median age38.1B01002
Under 1823.4%B01001
65 and over18.3%B01001
Households12,059B11001
Foreign born1.3%B05002
Money
Median household income$59,647B19013
Median family income$76,145B19113
Per capita income$31,140B19301
Poverty rate16.3%B17001
Unemployment rate4.0%B23025
Civilian labor force14,775B23025
Mean commute (minutes)28.1B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher22.5%B15003
Housing
Housing units13,482B25001
Owner-occupied71.6%B25003
Renters28.4%B25003
Median home value$205,800B25077
Median gross rent$814B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic90.9%B03002
Black0.7%B03002
Hispanic or Latino3.0%B03002
Asian0.8%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%B03002

Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.

Against the state: median household income here is 84% of Missouri's ($70,702); poverty 16.3% against 12.6%; 0.5% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9601.01: 2,699Census Tract 9601.02: 4,281Census Tract 9602.01: 2,400Census Tract 9602.02: 4,769Census Tract 9603.01: 3,701Census Tract 9603.02: 5,113Census Tract 9604.01: 4,167Census Tract 9604.02: 5,314BolivarHumansvillePleasant HopeFair PlayMorrisvilleHalfwayFlemingtonAldrichZIP 65613: 198 nonprofits, $350,571,851ZIP 65617: 24 nonprofits, $13,121,756ZIP 65674: 22 nonprofits, $407,517ZIP 65649: 19 nonprofits, $157,873ZIP 65725: 17 nonprofits, $2,473,123ZIP 65710: 15 nonprofits, $72,938ZIP 65663: 15 nonprofits, $48,506ZIP 65640: 8 nonprofitsZIP 65601: 3 nonprofitsZIP 65727: 2 nonprofitsPopulation (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,6992,699 to 4,1674,167 to 4,2814,281 to 5,113over 5,113nonprofits (circle size: how many)

Click an area for its page. Circles are FURP records at their ZIP code's center point, sized by how many. Download this map's areas with their census figures: CSV (center points) · GeoJSON (outlines), ready for Datawrapper, Mapshaper or Google My Maps. Outlines: Census TIGER/Line 2026, simplified.

Places in the county

FURP records in Polk County, MO

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits323$366,853,564 revenue (latest return)OZARK SCHOOLS BENEFITS ASSOCIATION ($123,882,108)
Nonprofit contractors19$42,141,469 paid by nonprofitsPOOR BOY TREE SERVICE INC ($16,513,807)
Colleges and schools22,299 enrollmentSouthwest Baptist University (2,155)
Form D issuers1CardinalsFF, LLC
Political committees4FRIENDS OF MIKE HARMAN FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
Form 5500 plan sponsors7894 plansPAUL A GONZALES DDS LLC (3)
Open Payments recipients160$9,386,229 industry paymentsCITIZENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT ($4,851,472)
Patent and trademark owners3874 patents and marksAngelTrack LLC (6)
Federal award recipients2,180$190,774,572 federal awardsSOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ($106,753,837)
State business registrations86SHELL TITLE COMPANY

Cross-reference: 323 nonprofits for 32,444 residents is 99.6 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $366,853,564 is $11,307 per resident, 51.0% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1MICHAEL CALHOUNEXECUTIVE DIRECTORCITIZENS MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION$463,94220247.8x
2JAMES ASHWORTHCEO/GENERAL MANAGERSOUTHWEST ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$446,07220247.5x
3D MICHELLE MEENTSBOARD MEMBER / PHYSICIANCMH PROPERTIES$382,61520246.4x
4C PAT TAYLORPRESIDENT END 08/2018SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY$369,08820186.2x
5RICHARD MELSONPRESIDENTSOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY$366,27220246.1x
6D MICHEALE MEENTSBOARD MEMBER/PHYSICIANCMH PROPERTIES$339,55620215.7x
7RENEE MEYERTREASURER - NONVOTINGCITIZENS MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION$306,09620245.1x
8DONALD BABBBOARD MEMBERCMH PROPERTIES$296,99020205.0x
9TIM RYANPRESIDENTOZARK SCHOOLS BENEFITS ASSOCIATION$256,30020244.3x
10JASON CARVERCHIEF ENGINEERSOUTHWEST ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC$245,25220244.1x

Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $59,647.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold

Political committees

Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans

Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments

Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks

Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards

All 8 tracts

Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 9604.025,314$53,83716.4%45.9
Census Tract 9603.025,113$68,07113.5%36.0
Census Tract 9602.024,769$71,56317.0%35.4
Census Tract 9601.024,281$60,00022.4%37.4
Census Tract 9604.014,167$50,20810.1%27.9
Census Tract 9603.013,701$81,6359.0%37.4
Census Tract 9601.012,699$51,16116.9%41.3
Census Tract 9602.012,400$48,80429.8%41.7

Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0