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The city lies in gently rolling terrain, between Joachim Creek to the northwest and Plattin Creek to the southeast. The original core of the community is situated slightly to the northeast, immediately west of Crystal City, with most of the newest development occurring west of I-55. Festus has a total area of 5.71 square miles, and an average elevation of 433 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
The city lies in gently rolling terrain, between Joachim Creek to the northwest and Plattin Creek to the southeast. The original core of the community is situated slightly to the northeast, immediately west of Crystal City, with most of the newest development occurring west of I-55. Festus has a total area of 5.71 square miles, and an average elevation of 433 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Festus had a total of 11,602 inhabitants, grouped into 4,636 households, with a population density of 2,031.9 people per square mile. This figure represented a significant increase from the 2000 census, when Festus had a population of 9,660. 93.46% of the inhabitants were White, 3.35% were African-American, 0.22% were Native American, 0.80% were Asian, 0.04% were Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 0.19% were from some other race, and 1.94% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 1.22% of the population.
The median age in Festus was 34.9 years, with 26.8% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 8.1% between 18 and 24 years old, 27.7% between 25 and 44, 23.5% between 45 and 64, and 13.9% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 48.3% male, 51.7% female.<ref>http://censusviewer.com/city/MO/Festus</ref>
According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Festus had a median household income of $52,081, and a median family income of $59,847. The unemployment rate was 8.8%. The per capita income was $26,055. About 9.4% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 14.7% of people under the age of 18 and 4.4% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2924094&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
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