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Peculiar, Missouri

Demographic Snapshot

	Peculiar	Cass County	Kansas City MSA
Population, 2017	5,118	103,724	2,128,912
Population % Ch., 2007-2017	22.29%	7.1%	7.47%
Median Age, 2016	34.1	39.4	37.4
Land Area (sq. mi.)	3.66	696.84	7,950
High School Grads, 2016	88.9%	92.5%	91.4%
College Grads, 2016	20.3%	25.3%	35%
Labor Force, 2017	N/A	54,502	1,128,859
Unemployment Rate, 2017	N/A	3.5%	3.8%
Note: Educational Attainment rates are for the population 25 years and older. Annual education attainment rates are not available for communities under 25,000 population. For consistency, the Educational Attainment data is from the 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, American Community Survey; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Company	Type of Operation	Employees
Casey's Gas Station	Retail	26
City of Peculiar	Government	34
Raymore-Peculiar School District	Public education	816
Sioux Chief Manufacturing Co., Inc.	Plumbing specialty products mfg. (Hdq.)	430
Sonic Restaurant	Food chain	35
West Peculiar Fire Protection District	Local fire station	30