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
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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
Bent Tree Harbor has four seasons and hot summers
The town’s July high is 89°F.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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