County / FIPS 29091
Howell County
Missouri
Howell County runs 15 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 2 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
15
Hospitals
2
With a star rating
1
Land area
927
Howell County in numbers
American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.
Population
40,383
Median household income
$50,993
Poverty rate
20.3%
Unemployment rate
5.0%
Median home value
$173,000
Median gross rent
$733
Bachelor's degree or higher
17.8%
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Howell County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$317.0M
Per resident
$7,975
Change since FY2021
+3%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $309M |
| 2022 | $334M |
| 2023 | $356M |
| 2024 | $306M |
| 2025 | $317M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Howell County ranks 1202nd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Howell County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Ozarks Healthcare | West Plains | |
| Mercy St Francis Hospital | Mountain View | Not rated |
Public schools in Howell County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Elem. | Fairview R-Xi | West Plains | 519 |
| Glenwood Elem. | Glenwood R-Viii | West Plains | 236 |
| Howell Valley Elem. | Howell Valley R-I | West Plains | 224 |
| Junction Hill Elem. | Junction Hill C-12 | West Plains | 209 |
| Mountain View Elem. | Mountain View-Birch Tree R-Iii | Mountain View | 404 |
| Richards Elem. | Richards R-V | West Plains | 372 |
| South Fork Elem. | West Plains R-Vii | West Plains | 159 |
| West Plains Elem. | West Plains R-Vii | West Plains | 766 |
| West Plains Middle | West Plains R-Vii | West Plains | 611 |
| West Plains Sr. High | West Plains R-Vii | West Plains | 1,162 |
| Willow Springs Elem. | Willow Springs R-Iv | Willow Springs | 525 |
| Willow Springs High | Willow Springs R-Iv | Willow Springs | 387 |
| Willow Springs Middle | Willow Springs R-Iv | Willow Springs | 369 |
| Ozark Horizon School | Mo Schls for the Sev Disabled | West Plains | 18 |
| South Central Career Ctr. | West Plains R-Vii | West Plains | — |