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Whitewater, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Whitewater is a Census town of 64 people across 0.21 square miles of land, in Cape Girardeau County. Median household income is $49,038, 88.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Whitewater
What Whitewater is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.21 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land299 plus or minus 149
- County holding the largest share of its areaCape Girardeau County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Whitewater
How many people live in Whitewater
- Population64 plus or minus 32
- Median age58.0
- Population under 185 plus or minus 13
- Share under 187.8 percent plus or minus 19.9
- Population 65 and over14 plus or minus 16
- Share 65 and over21.9 percent plus or minus 22.3
- Households44 plus or minus 26
- Family households13 plus or minus 7
- Share of households that are families29.5 percent plus or minus 23.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Whitewater
Income and work in Whitewater
- Median household income$49,038
- Per capita income$42,613
- Civilian labor force41 plus or minus 27
- Employed41 plus or minus 27
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over54 plus or minus 29
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.4 percent plus or minus 21.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.8 percent plus or minus 24.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.6 percent plus or minus 23.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Whitewater
- Housing units63 plus or minus 30
- Occupied units44 plus or minus 26
- Vacant units19 plus or minus 16
- Vacancy rate30.2 percent plus or minus 20.9
- Owner occupied39 plus or minus 26
- Renter occupied5 plus or minus 8
- Ownership rate88.6 percent plus or minus 27.4
- Median owner-occupied home value$105,100
- Single family units55 plus or minus 32
- Share single family87.3 percent plus or minus 30.0
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes8 plus or minus 10
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Whitewater
How Whitewater gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute39 plus or minus 27
- Commuting under 15 minutes0
- Share commuting under 15 minutes0.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more29 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more74.4 percent plus or minus 45.4
- Drove alone87.8 percent plus or minus 31.5
- Carpooled4.9 percent plus or minus 14.3
- Public transport2.4 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.9 percent plus or minus 9.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Whitewater
Flood risk in Whitewater
- NFIP communityVillage of Whitewater
- NFIP community number290903
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date09/29/11(M)
The Village of Whitewater participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 290903 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Cape Girardeau County, not Whitewater
Cape Girardeau County context, not Whitewater figures
- Establishments in Cape Girardeau County2,334
- Covered employment, Cape Girardeau County41,463
- Average annual pay, Cape Girardeau County$51,752
- Housing units permitted, Cape Girardeau County80
Every figure in this section is published for Cape Girardeau County as a whole and is not a measurement of Whitewater.
All Cape Girardeau County figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Whitewater questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Whitewater, Missouri?
64, in 44 households. Whitewater town covers 0.21 square miles of land, which is 299 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Whitewater in?
Cape Girardeau County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Whitewater?
$49,038. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $105,100. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Whitewater in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Whitewater appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Whitewater, village of, community 290903, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Whitewater figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cape Girardeau County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Whitewater.
Is zoning published for Whitewater?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.