Christian County, Missouri (MO)

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• • 83,09690.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,4033.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,1603.4%Two or more races
  • 7620.8%Asian alone
  • 6940.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3300.4%Some other race alone
  • 1890.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 800.09%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2023:

Detached houses: $291,923

Here:	$291,923
State:	$287,853

Townhouses or other attached units: $253,616

Here:	$253,616
State:	$256,352

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $307,997

Here:	$307,997
State:	$189,172

Mobile homes: $89,877

Here:	$89,877
State:	$88,945

Crime in 2023 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 10
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 26
• Burglaries: 32
• Thefts: 108
• Auto thefts: 34

Crime in 2022 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 22
• Burglaries: 99
• Thefts: 62
• Auto thefts: 37

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2023: $1,925 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2023: $2,141 (0.7%)

Area name: Springfield, MO HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Christian County is $410 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $524 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $747 a month.

Cities in this county include: Nixa, Ozark, Sparta, Billings, Clever, Highlandville, Fremont Hills, Saddlebrooke, Spokane.

Neighboring counties: Barren County, Kentucky , Delaware County, Oklahoma , Roanoke County, Virginia , Todd County, Kentucky , Danville city, Virginia .

Current college students: 2,318
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 95.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 33.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,736 (76.1% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 7022010 or later
• 8752000 to 2009
• 8511990 to 1999
• 1291980 to 1989
• 641970 to 1979
• 167Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 29,845
• One, attached: 1,601
• Two: 1,120
• 3 or 4: 1,346
• 5 to 9: 651
• 10 to 19: 893
• 20 to 49: 288
• 50 or more: 357
• Mobile homes: 1,210

Housing units in Christian County with a mortgage: 18,464 (1,251 second mortgage, 64 home equity loan, 1,044 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 146

Religion statistics for Christian County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Christian County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Missouri Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4490, Natural disaster type: Other
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: April 28, 2017 - May 11, 2017, FEMA Id: 4317, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: December 22, 2015 to January 09, 2016, Emergency Declared EM-3374: January 02, 2016, FEMA Id: 3374, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 15, 2015 to July 27, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4238: August 07, 2015, FEMA Id: 4238, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 19, 2011 to June 06, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1980: May 09, 2011, FEMA Id: 1980, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Missouri Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 31, 2011 to February 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3317: February 03, 2011, FEMA Id: 3317, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 08, 2009 to May 16, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1847: June 19, 2009, FEMA Id: 1847, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Missouri Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 26, 2009 to January 28, 2009, Emergency Declared EM-3303: January 30, 2009, FEMA Id: 3303, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Missouri Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado, Incident Period: September 11, 2008 to September 24, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1809: November 13, 2008, FEMA Id: 1809, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Missouri Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 01, 2008 to August 13, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1773: June 25, 2008, FEMA Id: 1773, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 12 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

10.60% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($60,521 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
7.00% relocated from other counties in Missouri ($37,002 average AGI)
3.60% relocated from other states ($23,519 average AGI)

Christian County:	3.60%
Missouri average:	3.04%

from Greene County, MO	4.13% ($57,995 average AGI)
from Taney County, MO	0.58% ($48,747)
from Stone County, MO	0.51% ($57,170)
from Webster County, MO	0.27% ($49,000)
from Lawrence County, MO	0.17% ($49,054)
from Maricopa County, AZ	0.10% ($58,371)
from Sacramento County, CA	0.10% ($59,656)

8.96% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($56,389 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
6.79% relocated to other counties in Missouri ($40,533 average AGI)
2.17% relocated to other states ($15,856 average AGI)

Christian County:	2.17%
Missouri average:	2.88%

to Greene County, MO	4.13% ($53,700 average AGI)
to Stone County, MO	0.41% ($71,500)
to Webster County, MO	0.38% ($57,811)
to Taney County, MO	0.32% ($56,888)
to Lawrence County, MO	0.23% ($44,610)
to Jackson County, MO	0.09% ($57,433)
to Polk County, MO	0.08% ($36,536)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.6
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 7.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 7.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Christian County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 17,203 (3,643 living alone), Female householders: 18,451 (4,218 living alone)

• 23,430 spouses (23,237 opposite-sex spouses), 1,077 unmarried partners, (1,077 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 28,906 children (26,221 natural, 1,583 adopted, 1,102 stepchildren), 1,585 grandchildren, 335 brothers or sisters, 1,191 parents, 0 foster children, 759 other relatives, 826 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 659

Size of family households: 11,752 2-persons, 6,051 3-persons, 5,205 4-persons, 2,599 5-persons, 1,011 6-persons, 540 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,861 1-person, 583 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 31 4-persons.

18,318 married couples with children.
4,315 single-parent households (1,001 men, 3,314 women).

94.8% of residents of Christian speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (35% speak English very well, 57% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $210,562,000 ($3,276 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $11,054,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $131,497,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $37,047,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $334,000
Federal grants: $30,872,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,969,000 ($1,024,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $7,843,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $5,093,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $72,533,000
Federal Government insurance: $4,469,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 4.07 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Christian County, Missouri
• 2,0782020 or later
• 5,5242010 to 2019
• 11,2122000 to 2009
• 7,9471990 to 1999
• 4,2121980 to 1989
• 2,3741970 to 1979
• 1,4351960 to 1969
• 6461950 to 1959
• 1831940 to 1949
• 1,7001939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Christian County, Missouri

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Christian County, Missouri
• 1191 room
• 02 rooms
• 1283 rooms
• 2,4894 rooms
• 4,3665 rooms
• 4,8356 rooms
• 4,7487 rooms
• 3,5468 rooms
• 7,1249+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Christian County, Missouri
• 1561 room
• 2572 rooms
• 1,3153 rooms
• 2,4544 rooms
• 1,2825 rooms
• 8376 rooms
• 6057 rooms
• 1,0628 rooms
• 3319+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Christian County, Missouri

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Christian County, Missouri
• 119no bedroom
• 361 bedroom
• 2,0582 bedrooms
• 14,2003 bedrooms
• 7,2164 bedrooms
• 3,7265+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Christian County, Missouri
• 156no bedroom
• 1,3091 bedroom
• 3,8152 bedrooms
• 2,2283 bedrooms
• 5974 bedrooms
• 1945+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Christian County, Missouri in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Christian County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 833no vehicle
• 4,4851 vehicle
• 12,3872 vehicles
• 5,3913 vehicles
• 2,5784 vehicles
• 1,6815+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Christian County in renter-occupied apartments
• 930no vehicle
• 4,5891 vehicle
• 2,1312 vehicles
• 4753 vehicles
• 1294 vehicles
• 455+ vehicles

90.4% of Christian County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Missouri.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 56,203
• Other state: 35,280
• Northeast: 3,066
• Midwest: 13,937
• South: 10,185
• West: 8,092

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 882
• Number of aged recipients: 75
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 807
• Number of recipients under 18: 155
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 587
• Number of recipients older than 64: 140
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 349
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 372

Christian County on our top lists:

• #69 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Romney (Republican) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #80 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #84 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #85 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"