PomonaMO
178 people live in this town, settled in 1895.
Is Pomona a good place to live?
Pomona’s average trip to work is 51 minutes, above both the Missouri town median (22 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only one of the 248 Missouri towns we compare has a higher age of the median resident than Pomona. Pomona has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pomona.
More middle-aged adults than Missouri overall
25% never finished high school. Among adults 25 and older, 28% have a four-year degree or more, against 32% across Missouri.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
31% women, 69% men
About 224 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.5 points). Across Missouri, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Pomona | MO | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 0% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 0% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.1% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 25.3% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 29.8% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14% | 10.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.9% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 25.3% | 8.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.4% | 30.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.8% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 0% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.7% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.9% | 12.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 200, single groups can be off by several points
Compared with most of Missouri and the rest of the country, fewer of Pomona’s working residents work locally
Half of commuters travel less than 10 miles. Since 2013, Pomona has added 37 jobs, to 41 in 2023. Also worth knowing: for residents locally, the share who live below the poverty line is 24%. The top destinations are West Plains (33%), Willow Springs (9%) and Mountain View (5%).
| Pomona | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 24% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 13% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Pomona
July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 24° and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Pomona is
The share of adults in Pomona who get no exercise outside work: 32%. This Missouri town does better than the Missouri average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 10. Two figures for adults locally: 20% smoke cigarettes, 26% say their health is fair or poor.
| Pomona | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Pomona | MO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12% | 15.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.3% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical home in Pomona: about $251K
Typical home values rose 11% in the year to September 2026. Pomona’s midpoint rent comes in at $671 a month. 65% of households are owner-occupiers locally.
| Pomona | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $671 a month | $971 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 65% | 64% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Moderate risk in Pomona, with inland flooding at the top
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 54% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Pomona, 34% come from inland flooding and 23% from earthquakes. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid in 6 declared disasters, most recently in 2025.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Pomona
Moving to Pomona: who provides what
Pomona is unincorporated, so Howell 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.
99% of working residents leave Pomona for work
Where Pomona’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pomona
About 0 of every 100 Pomona residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
About Pomona
Census-designated place in Missouri, United States
Pomona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Howell County, Missouri, United States. It is located midway between Willow Springs and West Plains. As of the 2010 census, Pomona had a population of 511. A post office called Pomona has been in operation since 1895. The community was named for Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit trees; this area was a major producer of apples.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,250 ft
- ZIP code
- 65789
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