What is the population of Steele city?

Steele city has 1,449 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #318 of 1,082 in Missouri.

What is the median household income in Steele city?

Median household income in Steele city is $33,750 a year, 57% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $729 a month and the median home value is $115,900, so rent absorbs about 25.9% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Steele city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Steele, MO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Steele, Missouri (Steele, MO — Census place “Steele city”) is 1,449 residents, ranking #318 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $33,750, the median home is worth $115,900 and median gross rent runs $729 a month. Looking for the Steele Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Steele, MO: 63877.

Population: 1,449Steele city residents
Median household income: $33,750Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $115,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $729Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51%Owner-occupied households

Steele ZIP codes (Missouri)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Steele.

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

63877

What the numbers mean in Steele city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Steele city median would spend about 25.9% 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 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 27.5% of residents and 51% of households own their home.

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

Steele city, MO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Steele city is a small town in Missouri, with 1,449 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #318 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 70% of them. The median age here is 34.3 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 Steele city earn a median of $33,750 a year, 57% below the national figure of $78,538 and 39% 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 27.5% 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 Steele city is valued at $115,900, 61.8% below the national figure and 24% below the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $729 a month, 48.2% below the national figure, or roughly $8,748 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.9% 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 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 51% 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 Steele city?: Steele city has 1,449 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #318 of 1,082 in Missouri.
What is the median household income in Steele city?: Median household income in Steele city is $33,750 a year, 57% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Steele city?: Median gross rent is $729 a month and the median home value is $115,900, so rent absorbs about 25.9% of median household income.
Is Steele city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Steele city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Steele 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.