Missouri · Census place 59330
Potosi, MO population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Potosi, Missouri (Potosi, MO — Census place “Potosi city”) is 2,542 residents, ranking #239 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $37,055, the median home is worth $101,100 and median gross rent runs $719 a month. Looking for the Potosi Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Potosi, MO: 63664.
- Population
- 2,542Potosi city residents
- Median household income
- $37,055Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $101,100Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $719Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 52.5%Owner-occupied households
Potosi ZIP codes (Missouri)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Potosi.
The Potosi MO ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Potosi city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Potosi city median would spend about 23.3% 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 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24.6% of residents and 52.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Potosi city, MO in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Potosi city is a small town in Missouri, with 2,542 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #239 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 35.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Potosi city earn a median of $37,055 a year, 52.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 33% below the $55,543 median for the 374 Missouri cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 24.6% 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 Potosi city is valued at $101,100, 66.7% below the national figure and 34% below the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $719 a month, 48.9% below the national figure, or roughly $8,628 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.3% 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 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 52.5% 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.
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 Potosi city?
- Potosi city has 2,542 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #239 of 1,082 in Missouri.
- What is the median household income in Potosi city?
- Median household income in Potosi city is $37,055 a year, 52.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Potosi city?
- Median gross rent is $719 a month and the median home value is $101,100, so rent absorbs about 23.3% of median household income.
- Is Potosi city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Potosi city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Potosi 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.