Chillicothe is a city of 8,923 people in Missouri. 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $127,000. 1% of locals were born outside the United States. Renters pay $782 a month at the median. Getting to work takes 18 minutes on average.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $54,493, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Chillicothe
What changed most since 1990
White share95.4% → 87.2%(−8.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Its weight in Livingston County
Chillicothe's population equals 62% of Livingston County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 87% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 47% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)14.2%(68)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.6%(70)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32.5%(156)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War10.8%(52)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.9%(14)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 480 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Chillicothe, decade by decade
Chillicothe population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
8,804
$48,705
$86,642
13.7%
11.1
2000
8,968
$54,746
$111,121
13.3%
15.8
2010
9,515
$45,987
$131,773
18.7%
17.7
2020
9,107
$55,143
$110,174
19.6%
24.1
2024
8,923
$54,493
$127,000
16.1%
29.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
