Bent Tree HarborMO
With 391 residents, it is a town in Missouri.
Is Bent Tree Harbor a good place to live?
29% of residents live below the poverty line in Bent Tree Harbor, where Missouri’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Only one of the 248 Missouri towns we compare has a higher age of the median resident than Bent Tree Harbor. Bent Tree Harbor has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
391 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Bent Tree Harbor: who provides what
Bent Tree Harbor is unincorporated, so Benton County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bent Tree Harbor.
Most of Bent Tree Harbor’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Commuting out is the norm in Bent Tree Harbor: 3% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Clinton (10%), Warsaw (8%) and Sedalia (8%). Half commute less than 36 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Bent Tree Harbor stands out in Missouri and nationally, with more of its adults who have high blood pressure
Only 5 of the 248 Missouri towns we compare have a lower share of adults who feel lonely than Bent Tree Harbor. For adults in the town, the share who have diabetes is 18%. Against the Missouri average, Bent Tree Harbor comes out ahead on 6 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 11.
| Bent Tree Harbor | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 37% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Bent Tree Harbor | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 12.6% | 16.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.7% | 12.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 10.7% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in Bent Tree Harbor is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
FEMA puts nearly two fifths of Bent Tree Harbor’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 25% to strong winds. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Bent Tree Harbor sells for about $54K at the median
In Bent Tree Harbor, 87% of households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Bent Tree Harbor
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Bent Tree Harbor; the nearest are
College town 19 of every 100 Bent Tree Harbor residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
97% of working residents leave Bent Tree Harbor for work
Where Bent Tree Harbor’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Bent Tree Harbor
Census-designated place in Missouri, United States
Bent Tree Harbor is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Benton County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bent Tree Harbor had a population of 283. It is in the western part of the county, on the north side of State Highway Z, 6 miles (10 km) west of Warsaw, the county seat. It is bordered to the northwest and northeast by arms of Harry S. Truman Reservoir on the South Grand River, a tributary of the Osage River. Bent Tree Harbor was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 804 ft
Questions about Bent Tree Harbor
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bent Tree Harbor, MO a good place to live?
Bent Tree Harbor has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.