ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 64856

McDonald County, Missouri: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

700
Property rate /100K (county)
3,724
Population (ZIP)
361
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 64856 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 64856 sits within McDonald County, MO. The figures below are the county's own FBI UCR numbers for 2024, the most accurate available statistic for this location, not a ZIP-specific calculation.

McDonald County reported a violent-crime rate of 361 per 100,000 residents and a property-crime rate of 700 per 100,000 in 2024, drawing on county-level agency submissions.

ZIP 64856 carries a Census-reported population of 3,724, ranking #3 of 10 ZIPs in McDonald County, spread across 90.56 square miles (about 41 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of McDonald County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the McDonald County crime page linked below.

ZIP 64856 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from McDonald County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 64856 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$46,068
Median age
40.3 years
Owner-occupied homes
71%
Occupied homes
1,425

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 64856?

Participating agencies give McDonald County a split reported profile: violent crime is 3% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 59% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 64856. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

64856 is comparatively spread out at about 41 people per square mile. That settlement pattern may differ sharply from the county's population centers, another reason to use the county rates as regional context rather than a local estimate.

McDonald County UCR book ZIP 64856 inherits

ZIP 64856 itself is about 41 people per Census sq mi across 90.6 sq mi (3,724 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 64856's 3,724 residents are about 16% of the 2024 county reporting population (23,303), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

McDonald County leans on larceny-theft at 39% of reported offenses (mix index 2,836). ZIP 64856 has no separate FBI offense book.

McDonald County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts -24% vs 2023; property counts +11% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

McDonald County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 64856

Similar county violent rate (~361/100K)

Similar Census population (~3,724)

County detail: McDonald County · State atlas: Missouri

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.