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Poplar Bluff is a small city of 16,254 people in Butler County, Missouri. It's about 60 miles from Cape Girardeau, MO and 117 miles from Memphis, TN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 5 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $120k and rent runs about $760 a month.
16,254people
$120kTypical home
$760/moRent
90° / 44°Summer / winter
5"Snow
242Sunny days
106Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 16,254
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,204 people per sq mi
- 117 mi to Memphis, TN
- 60 mi to Cape Girardeau, MO
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $120k (≈$755/mo)
- Median rent $760/mo
- Median household income $42k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 242 sunny days a year (113 totally clear)
- 123 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 106 days a year with rain or snow
- 5" of snow a year
- 2 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 5 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- High violent crime (878 per 100k)
- High property crime (4,318 per 100k)
People
- Median age 37
- 27% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 14% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 56 mi to CGI airport
- 121 mi to MEM (major hub)
- Amtrak station in town
- 77% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1972
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 374 ft
- 438 mi to the ocean
- 119 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 123 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 50 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 9 bars within 25 mi
- 8 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 44% of Missouri districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 69 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 24 mi to the nearest vet
- 46 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 47 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Butler County: R+64 in 2024
- Missouri: R+18 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk