Cape Girardeau is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Cape Girardeau, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Cape Girardeau have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
Cape Girardeau: 54 owner households in every 100
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Cape Girardeau changed by +4%. Population: about 40,977 (2025 Census estimate). Kids under 18 are 17 in every 100 residents. For every 100 workers, 8 work from home, beside 13 across MO.
Median age 34.5 (MO 39).
About 90 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.2 points). Median age: women 35.6, men 33.7.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 15.7% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 16 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
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Neighbors next door
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What Cape Girardeau’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Cape Girardeau or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Cape Girardeau in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.