Demographics of Jennings city, Missouri

Jennings city, Missouri had 13,093 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +192 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Jennings city, in four figures

13,093
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 12,918 ±46.; +1.5%
Change since July 2020: +192 people.; 39.4 ±4.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $38,984 ±$6,416
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Jennings city, Missouri's population grew 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Jennings city, Missouri's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Jennings city, Missouri's population grew 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Jennings city, Missouri's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	12,901	100.0	100.0
2021	12,893	99.9	100.2
2022	12,840	99.5	100.7
2023	12,874	99.8	101.6
2024	13,011	100.9	102.5
2025	13,093	101.5	103.1

Population of Jennings city, Missouri on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	12,901	—
2021	12,893	−8
2022	12,840	−53
2023	12,874	+34
2024	13,011	+137
2025	13,093	+82

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 39.4 ±4.5: for men 33.9 ±3.9 and for women 45.2 ±7.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Jennings city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Missouri	United States
Under 5	605 ±233	4.7% ±1.8	5.8% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,702 ±625	20.9% ±4.8	16.6% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,039 ±314	8.0% ±2.4	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,728 ±514	21.1% ±4.0	26.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,550 ±537	27.5% ±4.2	24.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,294 ±401	17.8% ±3.1	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $38,984 ±$6,416, and income per person $22,364 ±$2,073, in 2024 dollars. The median is $70,702 ±$325 in Missouri and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Jennings city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Missouri	United States
Under $25,000	1,925 ±464	34.4% ±7.9	15.8% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,454 ±324	26.0% ±5.4	19.6% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	952 ±306	17.0% ±5.3	17.4% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	752 ±235	13.5% ±4.1	13.2% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	338 ±150	6.0% ±2.6	17.1% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	29 to 161	0.5% to 2.9%	8.2% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	0 to 146	< 0.1% to 2.6%	8.7% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Jennings city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Missouri	United States
All ages	3,151 ±842	25.2% ±6.7	12.6% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,065 ±398	36.2% ±11.2	15.8% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,227 ±403	20.2% ±6.3	12.0% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	859 ±343	24.6% ±9.0	10.9% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Jennings city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Jennings city	Missouri	United States
Housing units	7,387 ±473	2,825,287 ±1,043	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	75.7% ±3.3	88.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	24.3% ±3.7	11.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	45.1% ±5.0	68.1% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	54.9% ±6.4	31.9% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$68,800 ±$9,229	$230,300 ±$880	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$961 ±$78	$1,033 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1955 ±2	1978 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Jennings city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Missouri	United States
Hispanic or Latino	0 to 172	0% to 1.3%	5.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	634 ±241	4.9% ±1.9	76.3% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	11,491 ±503	89.0% ±3.9	10.9% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 116	0% to 0.9%	2.1% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 85	0% to 0.7%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 138	0% to 1.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	217 to 913	1.7% to 7.1%	4.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Jennings city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Missouri	United States
Born in the state	10,151 ±638	78.6% ±4.9	65.6% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,675 ±630	20.7% ±4.9	29.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 19	0% to 0.1%	0.8% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	25 to 159	0.2% to 1.2%	4.5% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 68	0% to 0.5%	2.3% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	6 to 112	< 0.1% to 0.9%	2.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Jennings city among the places of Missouri

69th of 143 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Missouri page.

Places of Missouri near Jennings city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Dardenne Prairie city	13,503 ±47
Neosho city	13,224 ±25
Webb City city	13,221 ±33
Festus city	13,201 ±30
Eureka city	13,081 ±308
Jennings city	12,918 ±46
Branson city	12,817 ±39
St. Ann city	12,811 ±30
Union city	12,781 ±32
Fulton city	12,617 ±27
West Plains city	12,441 ±71

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places in Missouri by poverty rate
No. 7 Places in Missouri by median age
No. 46 Places by poverty rate
No. 55 Places in Missouri by median rent
No. 114 Places in Missouri by homeownership rate
No. 118 Places in Missouri by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026