What is the population of Caruthersville city?

Caruthersville city has 5,426 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #137 of 1,082 in Missouri.

What is the median household income in Caruthersville city?

Median household income in Caruthersville city is $35,903 a year, 54.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Caruthersville city?

Median gross rent is $771 a month and the median home value is $118,700, so rent absorbs about 25.8% of median household income.

Is Caruthersville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Caruthersville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Caruthersville, MO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Caruthersville, Missouri (Caruthersville, MO — Census place “Caruthersville city”) is 5,426 residents, ranking #137 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $35,903, the median home is worth $118,700 and median gross rent runs $771 a month. Looking for the Caruthersville Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Caruthersville, MO: 63830.

Population: 5,426Caruthersville city residents
Median household income: $35,903Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $118,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $771Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 46.7%Owner-occupied households

Caruthersville ZIP codes (Missouri)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Caruthersville.

The Caruthersville MO ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

63830

What the numbers mean in Caruthersville city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Caruthersville city median would spend about 25.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 26.1% of residents and 46.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Caruthersville city, MO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Caruthersville city is a mid-size town in Missouri, with 5,426 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #137 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 36.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Caruthersville city earn a median of $35,903 a year, 54.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 35% below the $55,543 median for the 374 Missouri cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 26.1% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Caruthersville city is valued at $118,700, 60.9% below the national figure and 22% below the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $771 a month, 45.2% below the national figure, or roughly $9,252 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 46.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Caruthersville city?: Caruthersville city has 5,426 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #137 of 1,082 in Missouri.
What is the median household income in Caruthersville city?: Median household income in Caruthersville city is $35,903 a year, 54.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Caruthersville city?: Median gross rent is $771 a month and the median home value is $118,700, so rent absorbs about 25.8% of median household income.
Is Caruthersville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Caruthersville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Caruthersville city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.