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Vernon County, MO

People
Population19,687B01003
Population, 2020 census19,707P1
Median age41.9B01002
Under 1823.8%B01001
65 and over20.6%B01001
Households7,754B11001
Foreign born2.2%B05002
Money
Median household income$52,230B19013
Median family income$68,721B19113
Per capita income$25,885B19301
Poverty rate18.8%B17001
Unemployment rate4.2%B23025
Civilian labor force8,856B23025
Mean commute (minutes)19.4B08013
Education
Bachelor's degree or higher16.6%B15003
Housing
Housing units8,928B25001
Owner-occupied71.3%B25003
Renters28.7%B25003
Median home value$158,800B25077
Median gross rent$734B25064
Race and ethnicity
White, not Hispanic92.6%B03002
Black0.9%B03002
Hispanic or Latino2.7%B03002
Asian0.8%B03002
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%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 74% of Missouri's ($70,702); poverty 18.8% against 12.6%; 0.3% of the state's people live here.

Census tracts

Census Tract 9501: 3,721Census Tract 9502: 1,548Census Tract 9503: 5,623Census Tract 9504: 3,517Census Tract 9505: 2,706Census Tract 9506: 2,572NevadaSheldonWalkerSchell CityBronaughMoundvilleRichardsMiloDeerfieldMetzHarwoodStotesburyZIP 64772: 160 nonprofits, $38,336,278ZIP 64784: 12 nonprofits, $61,750ZIP 64790: 10 nonprofits, $1,350,573ZIP 64752: 8 nonprofitsZIP 64750: 7 nonprofits, $53,452ZIP 64728: 7 nonprofitsZIP 64778: 4 nonprofits, $41,011ZIP 64771: 4 nonprofits, $41,200ZIP 64783: 3 nonprofitsZIP 64767: 2 nonprofits, $74,691ZIP 64741: 2 nonprofitsPopulation (ACS 2020-2024)up to 2,5722,572 to 2,7062,706 to 3,5173,517 to 3,721over 3,721nonprofits (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 Vernon County, MO

RecordsHow manyTotalBiggest
Nonprofits219$39,958,955 revenue (latest return)COTTEY COLLEGE ($23,150,788)
Nonprofit contractors7$4,581,584 paid by nonprofitsDAVID DIGGINS ($2,159,326)
Colleges and schools1266 enrollmentCottey College (266)
Political committees4PATRONS OF ROBERT E SMITH
Form 5500 plan sponsors4146 plansON MY OWN, INC. (3)
Open Payments recipients48$35,072 industry paymentsCALEB N PACE ($7,929)
Patent and trademark owners2235 patents and marksDotcom Therapy LLC (4)
Federal award recipients1,608$83,071,638 federal awardsNEVADA HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY NEV ($18,478,711)
State business registrations44ELLIS FURNITURE COMPANY

Cross-reference: 219 nonprofits for 19,687 residents is 111.2 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $39,958,955 is $2,030 per resident, 9.9% of all household income here (households at the median income).

Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here

#NameTitleOrganizationPayYearTimes the median household income
1STEFANIE NILESPRESIDENTCOTTEY COLLEGE$284,14520245.4x
2JANN WEITZELPRESIDENTCOTTEY COLLEGE$218,99320214.2x
3JERRY WHITEVP ADMIN/FINANCECOTTEY COLLEGE$180,99120243.5x
4KARLA MCCAINVP ACADEMIC AFFAIRSCOTTEY COLLEGE$168,32920243.2x
5LANDON ADAMSVP STUDENT LIFECOTTEY COLLEGE$163,48220243.1x
6JEREMY D HUCKABEEGENERAL CHAIRMANBRS BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE BNSF GENERAL COMMITTEE$153,15820252.9x
7BRANDON W PETTITVICE GENERAL CHAIRMANBRS BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE BNSF GENERAL COMMITTEE$148,46420252.8x
8DOUGLAS K DAWLEYVICE-GENERAL CHAIRMANBRS BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE BNSF GENERAL COMMITTEE$147,72920242.8x
9MICHELLE WOOD THRU 051625VP INST. ADV.COTTEY COLLEGE$143,89720242.8x
10TRACY E HURLBURTGENERAL SECRETARY TREASURERBRS BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE BNSF GENERAL COMMITTEE$143,76920252.8x

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 $52,230.

Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)

Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits

Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment

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 6 tracts

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

TractPopulationMedian household incomePoverty rateMedian age
Census Tract 95035,623$47,42224.7%41.8
Census Tract 95013,721$52,70222.8%37.0
Census Tract 95043,517$47,36524.1%37.6
Census Tract 95052,706$75,6455.7%45.7
Census Tract 95062,572$58,81914.4%44.3
Census Tract 95021,548$66,3897.7%51.3

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