What is the population of Moberly city?

Moberly city has 13,634 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #63 of 1,082 in Missouri.

What is the median household income in Moberly city?

Median household income in Moberly city is $43,231 a year, 45% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $749 a month and the median home value is $140,000, so rent absorbs about 20.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Moberly city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Moberly, MO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Moberly, Missouri (Moberly, MO — Census place “Moberly city”) is 13,634 residents, ranking #63 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $43,231, the median home is worth $140,000 and median gross rent runs $749 a month. Looking for the Moberly Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Moberly, MO: 65270.

Population: 13,634Moberly city residents
Median household income: $43,231Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $140,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $749Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 57.5%Owner-occupied households

Moberly ZIP codes (Missouri)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Moberly.

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

65270

What the numbers mean in Moberly city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Moberly city median would spend about 20.8% 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 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 21.6% of residents and 57.5% of households own their home.

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

Moberly city, MO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Moberly city is a mid-size town in Missouri, with 13,634 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #63 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 38.4 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 Moberly city earn a median of $43,231 a year, 45% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% 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 21.6% 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 Moberly city is valued at $140,000, 53.9% below the national figure and 8% below the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $749 a month, 46.7% below the national figure, or roughly $8,988 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.8% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 57.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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 Moberly city?: Moberly city has 13,634 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #63 of 1,082 in Missouri.
What is the median household income in Moberly city?: Median household income in Moberly city is $43,231 a year, 45% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Moberly city?: Median gross rent is $749 a month and the median home value is $140,000, so rent absorbs about 20.8% of median household income.
Is Moberly city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Moberly city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Moberly 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.