Mill Spring, Missouri

2026 Edition · 9 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

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  1. Population

    Down 0.0% since 2020.

    159

    people, the 719th-largest of Missouri's cities and towns.

    Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Missouri's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

  2. Rent

    Median rent is down 55% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

    $363

    a month. Missouri's median is $1,033.

    Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

  3. The seam

    Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $176.

    A $176 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Wayne County.

    • $532 Tract 6904
    • $708 Tract 6901

    Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

  4. Room to build

    The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

    $206–$309

    is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

    • $363 median

    Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2018 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

  5. Building

    Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

    • 93% of all homes were built before 2000

    Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

  6. Units needed

    None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.

    0

    is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

    Range computed by the Almanac from 2018 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

  7. Home value

    A median home costs 91% less than Missouri's.

    $21,700

    median home value in Mill Spring.

    • $21,700 Mill Spring
    • $230,300 Missouri
    • $332,700 U.S.

    Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

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