Laclede County is home to 36,390 people in Missouri. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 16% of adults. The foreign-born share is 1%. The typical home is worth $168,400, having more than doubled since 2000. Households here earn about 25% less than in Missouri as a whole. Median rent is $809 a month.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $53,282, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
16% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 31%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Laclede County
What changed most since 1990
White share98.3% → 90.4%(−7.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree8.0% → 16.3%(+8.3 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Homes owned by their occupants73.5% → 68.2%(−5.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
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)21.3%(485)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)23.4%(534)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.9%(911)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.4%(123)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,282 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
Laclede County, decade by decade
Laclede County 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
27,158
$48,294
$100,803
8.0%
4.1
2000
32,513
$53,852
$128,245
11.3%
9.1
2010
35,571
$53,650
$133,787
13.0%
13.4
2020
36,039
$56,459
$141,324
15.0%
23.1
2024
36,390
$53,282
$168,400
16.3%
22.3
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.
