Hollister is home to 4,643 people in Missouri. 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $163,600. The foreign-born share is 2%. Households here earn about 24% less than in Missouri as a whole. Median rent is $849 a month.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $53,507, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
17% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 35%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Hollister
What changed most since 1990
Population2,628 → 4,643(+77%)US over the same years: +35%
Adults with a bachelor's degree9.8% → 17.1%(+7.3 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Poverty rate17.9% → 10.2%(−7.7 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Hollister's population equals 8.2% of Taney County's. Its number of households without a car equals 18% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 4.0% 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)46.5%(67)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)27.8%(40)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era41.7%(60)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.8%(4)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.8%(4)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 144 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
Hollister, decade by decade
Hollister 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
2,628
$44,531
$109,443
9.8%
4.3
2000
3,867
$44,694
$121,504
12.0%
13.3
2010
4,426
$48,119
$175,649
11.0%
24.0
2020
4,583
$56,751
$154,777
15.5%
43.5
2024
4,643
$53,507
$163,600
17.1%
34.8
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.
