The population of Phelps county is estimated at 44,828. In 2017 there were 496 births and 442 deaths in Phelps county. Phelps county has 6,672 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,177 that are owned free and clear and 6,715 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Phelps County filed 17,550 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Missouri filings and 0.012% of the entire nation. Phelps had a combined total federal tax liability of $124,646,000 on earned income of $858,299,000. Other notable statistics from Phelps County were 460 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,358,000 and 2,420 charitable contributions valued at $16,491,000. 2,770 filings from Phelps County paid a combined total of $4,812,000 in property taxes and 2,200 filings paid $14,671,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Phelps county had 80 religious congregations with an estimated 18,673 members.
28.7% of the Phelps population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 13.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 41% of Phelps County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 311 votes.
At $41,330 the median income is 77.2% of the Missouri average. An estimated 735 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Phelps, the equivalant of around 3.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Phelps County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,820	Health care and social assistance
2,401	Retail trade
1,810	Accommodation and food services
1,597	Food services and drinking places
1,427	Restaurants and other eating places
1,342	Transportation and warehousing
912	Manufacturing
707	Limited-service restaurants
697	Ambulatory health care services
644	Full-service restaurants
622	General merchandise stores
433	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
430	Truck transportation
402	Nursing and residential care facilities
399	Social assistance

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.57% in Phelps County.

In 2018 8.98% of listings in Phelps County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 65559 and 65401) dropped their price.

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