SpickardMO
A town of 220, settled in 1892.
Is Spickard a good place to live?
26% of residents live below the poverty line in Spickard, against 14% in Missouri’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only one of the 248 Missouri towns we compare has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Spickard. Spickard has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
220 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Spickard: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Spickard, and how to reach them.
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 Spickard.
Most of Spickard’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.2 jobs for each of them
Spickard’s average trip to work is 27 minutes, where Missouri’s towns sit at 22 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Employers in Spickard shed 55 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 22. Half commute less than 71 miles. The top destinations are Trenton (15%), Kansas City (8%) and Chillicothe (5%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Spickard: four seasons and pleasant summers
The range runs from 17° on a January night to 87° on a July afternoon, with about 17 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical home in Spickard is valued at about $222K
The share of households in Spickard who live in a home they own: 53%. In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 3.6%.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
High risk in Spickard, with inland flooding at the top
Households in Spickard have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2004. Compared with 63% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is higher. Two fifths of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by drought at 21%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Spickard is
Among adults in Spickard, 37% get no exercise outside work. In Spickard, nearly a fifth of adults report frequent physical distress.
| Spickard | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 30% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Spickard | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 12.3% | 8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23.8% | 15.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 12.8% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Spickard
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Spickard
About 1 of every 100 Spickard residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
100% of working residents leave Spickard for work
Where Spickard’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Spickard
City in Grundy County, Missouri, United States
Spickard is a city on the Weldon River in Grundy County, Missouri, United States. The population was 222 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 823 ft
- ZIP code
- 64679
- Area code
- 660
Questions about Spickard
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Spickard, MO a good place to live?
Spickard has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.