| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 235 / 573 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:42 PM |
| Population: | 14,265 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 29065 |
| Land Area: | 836 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 2 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 37.6113, -91.5587 |
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14,265 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 836 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 15,098 to 14,265 from 2014 to 2024 — a -5.5% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 65560 (Salem, $56,250 median) and poorest ZIP 65501 (Jadwin, $25,417) are 7.0 miles apart — a 2.2× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.3× across this county — from $106,900 in 65440 (Boss) to $350,000 in 65541 (Lenox).
Educational attainment ranges from 6.3% bachelor's+ in 65440 (Boss) to 21.3% in 65541 (Lenox) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Missouri, this is the #70 most populous of 116 counties and ranks #112 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $55,774 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
16.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,632 of 10,016 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 1 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
Dent County lost 5.5% of residents between 2014 and 2024.