Missouri · Census place 78370
Wellston, MO population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Wellston, Missouri (Wellston, MO — Census place “Wellston city”) is 1,690 residents, ranking #297 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $39,474, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs $1,053 a month. Looking for the Wellston Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wellston, MO: 63133.
- Population
- 1,690Wellston city residents
- Median household income
- $39,474Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,053Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 51.8%Owner-occupied households
Wellston ZIP codes (Missouri)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wellston.
The Wellston 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 Wellston city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Wellston city median would spend about 32% 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. Poverty affects 35% of residents and 51.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Wellston city, MO in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Wellston city is a small town in Missouri, with 1,690 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #297 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 72% of them. The median age here is 38.3 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 Wellston city earn a median of $39,474 a year, 49.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 29% 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 35% 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 Wellston city is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $1,053 a month, 25.1% below the national figure, or roughly $12,636 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 32% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. 51.8% 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.
The Census withheld home value for Wellston city because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Missouri.
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- Campbell city 1,719
- Oakland city 1,619
- Gallatin city 1,722
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Wellston city?
- Wellston city has 1,690 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #297 of 1,082 in Missouri.
- What is the median household income in Wellston city?
- Median household income in Wellston city is $39,474 a year, 49.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wellston city?
- Median gross rent is $1,053 a month and the median home value is not published, so rent absorbs about 32% of median household income.
- Is Wellston city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Wellston city to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Wellston 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.