What is the population of Hale city?

Hale city has 535 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #506 of 1,082 in Missouri.

What is the median household income in Hale city?

Median household income in Hale city is $50,313 a year, 35.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $660 a month and the median home value is $76,000, so rent absorbs about 15.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 1.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hale city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Hale, MO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Hale, Missouri (Hale, MO — Census place “Hale city”) is 535 residents, ranking #506 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $50,313, the median home is worth $76,000 and median gross rent runs $660 a month. Looking for the Hale Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Hale, MO: 64643.

Population: 535Hale city residents
Median household income: $50,313Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $76,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $660Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 74.7%Owner-occupied households

Hale ZIP codes (Missouri)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Hale.

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

64643

What the numbers mean in Hale city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Hale city median would spend about 15.7% 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 1.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.2% of residents and 74.7% of households own their home.

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

Hale city, MO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Hale city is a very small community in Missouri, with 535 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #506 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 53% of them. The median age here is 42.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Hale city earn a median of $50,313 a year, 35.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% below the $55,543 median for the 374 Missouri cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 8.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Hale city is valued at $76,000, 75% below the national figure and 50% below the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $660 a month, 53.1% below the national figure, or roughly $7,920 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 74.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 535 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Hale city against its county rather than against national figures.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Hale city?: Hale city has 535 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #506 of 1,082 in Missouri.
What is the median household income in Hale city?: Median household income in Hale city is $50,313 a year, 35.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hale city?: Median gross rent is $660 a month and the median home value is $76,000, so rent absorbs about 15.7% of median household income.
Is Hale city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hale city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Hale city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.