What is the population of Sikeston city?

Sikeston city has 16,231 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #54 of 1,082 in Missouri.

What is the median household income in Sikeston city?

Median household income in Sikeston city is $53,203 a year, 32.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $827 a month and the median home value is $158,100, so rent absorbs about 18.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sikeston city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Sikeston, MO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Sikeston, Missouri (Sikeston, MO — Census place “Sikeston city”) is 16,231 residents, ranking #54 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $53,203, the median home is worth $158,100 and median gross rent runs $827 a month. Looking for the Sikeston Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sikeston, MO: 63801.

Population: 16,231Sikeston city residents
Median household income: $53,203Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $158,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $827Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 59%Owner-occupied households

Sikeston ZIP codes (Missouri)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sikeston.

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

63801

What the numbers mean in Sikeston city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Sikeston city median would spend about 18.7% 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 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.5% of residents and 59% of households own their home.

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

Sikeston city, MO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Sikeston city is a mid-size town in Missouri, with 16,231 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #54 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 37 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 Sikeston city earn a median of $53,203 a year, 32.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% 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 16.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sikeston city is valued at $158,100, 47.9% below the national figure and 4% above the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $827 a month, 41.2% below the national figure, or roughly $9,924 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.7% 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 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 59% 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 Sikeston city?: Sikeston city has 16,231 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #54 of 1,082 in Missouri.
What is the median household income in Sikeston city?: Median household income in Sikeston city is $53,203 a year, 32.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sikeston city?: Median gross rent is $827 a month and the median home value is $158,100, so rent absorbs about 18.7% of median household income.
Is Sikeston city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sikeston city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Sikeston 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.