With 19,582 people, Warrensburg is a city in Missouri. The median age is 24.8, younger than the US median of 38.9. Owners hold 46% of the housing stock. People stay put here: 70% were in the same home a year ago. 3% of people here were born outside the United States. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $222,200.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $57,067, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 24.8
US median: 38.9
Average education
38% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 33%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Warrensburg
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate25.9% → 16.2%(−9.8 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
White share88.0% → 79.0%(−9.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median age22.6 → 24.8(+2.2 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Warrensburg's population equals 36% of Johnson County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 20% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 61% 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)51.2%(792)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)32.5%(502)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era20.1%(311)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.3%(51)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1%(16)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,546 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
Warrensburg, decade by decade
Warrensburg 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
15,244
$47,214
$150,244
35.1%
27.4
2000
16,340
$53,433
$166,499
37.2%
32.9
2010
18,838
$54,190
$204,996
36.1%
37.1
2020
19,337
$58,549
$198,653
41.3%
49.4
2024
19,582
$57,067
$222,200
37.8%
45.5
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.
