Leadwood is a city of 1,354 people in Missouri. The poverty rate is 36.0%, above the 12.5% national rate. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 13% of adults. The typical home is worth $63,200, having risen by half since 2000. The foreign-born share is 0%. That trails the Missouri median by roughly 37%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $44,783, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 35.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
13% 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 Leadwood
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate24.5% → 36.0%(+11.5 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$49,441 → $63,200(+28%)US over the same years: +67%
Homes owned by their occupants81.0% → 75.8%(−5.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Leadwood's population equals 2.0% of St. Francois County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 0.1% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.3% 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)40%(16)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25%(10)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35%(14)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 40 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
Leadwood, decade by decade
Leadwood 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
1,247
$41,593
$49,441
3.9%
0.4
2000
1,160
$46,254
$64,487
7.0%
8.2
2010
1,282
$54,945
$77,827
7.1%
4.0
2020
1,178
$58,260
$65,208
14.1%
23.4
2024
1,354
$44,783
$63,200
13.3%
7.6
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.
