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Whiteman AFB, Missouri.

A community in Johnson County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Johnson County’s.

Living in Whiteman AFB, Johnson County, Missouri

Whiteman AFB, in Johnson County, had 2,896 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $54,641 a year and half less, against $67,272 across Johnson County; 13% of its people live below the poverty line. 4% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 96% are rented. Unemployment in Johnson County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Johnson County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,896 in the 2020 census; median age 22.2
Household income $54,641 the median, give or take $9,294 · Johnson County: $67,272
Unemployment 4.3% Johnson County, August 2026; 4.6% a year before
Homes 4% lived in by their owners; 96% rented
  • 997households
  • 50%of adults have a degree
  • 13%below the poverty line
  • 10 mintypical commute
  • 6%work from home

What people in Johnson County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care27%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Building trades9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Professional and business services7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Johnson County had 16,381 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 18°; warmest in July, 90° and 67° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 18° F M A M J J 90° 67° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 18°; warmest in July, 90° and 67° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 18° F M A M J J 90° 67° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 67°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Warrensburg 4NW weather station, 14 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Johnson County

  1. University of Central MissouriUniversity or college1,303
  2. EnersysLead acid storage batteries manufacturing600
  3. Warrensburg R-VI SchoolsSchool district534FTE
  4. Western Missouri Medical CenterGeneral hospital501FTE
  5. DC14 DC14 WarrensburgGeneral warehousing and storage460
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters410
  7. Knob Noster R-viii SchoolsSchool district255FTE
  8. RISE Community Services161

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 28 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,900 people in all across the county; Whiteman AFB has one of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Cold wavesRelatively high
  2. Winter weatherRelatively high
  3. HailRelatively moderate
  4. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  6. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Whiteman AFB’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Johnson County.