Favorable Demographics 

COMMERCIAL SERVICES
 
Financial
Number
Assets
Banks
5
$263,740,000
     
Communications
   
Telephone service by CenturyTel or Chariton Valley Telecom 
Chariton Valley Telecom Corporation Total fiber optics to every business & home  
Newspapers:  1 daily 2 weekly
Radio Stations:   
Cable Television:  39 basic/ 53 premium   
Post Office: 1st Class  
Industrial    
Machine shops within 30 mi.: 6  
Tool & Die service within 30 mi.: 2  
Electric Motor Repair services within 30 mi.: 1  
Other industrial services.      

       
UTILITIES      
       
Water      
Macon Municipal Utilities      
Source: Lake-Reservoir      
  Gal./Day    
Plant Capacity 4,200,000    
Avg. Consumption 2,000,000    
Peak Consumption 2,950,000    
Storage Capacity 3,000,000    
       
Natural Gas      
Macon Municipal Utilities      
New hookups available      
       
Waste Treatment      
Macon Municipal Utilities      
Coil Trickling Filter      
Measurement
Capacity
Present Load
Gal. per day
2,140,000
1,100,000
       
Electricity      
City Macon Municipal Utilities    
County Macon Electric Cooperative    

       
EDUCATION      
       
Public Schools      
  Classification: AAA (Missouri's Highest Rating)
Type
Number
Teachers
Enrollment
Elementary
1
42
647
Junior High
1
24
370
High School
1
42
521
       
Private Schools      
Type
Enrollment
Tri-County christian (K-12)
80
Immaculate Conception (K-8)
55
       
Vocational Schools      
Macon Area VoTech      
       
Nearby Public Colleges or Universities:  
Moberly Area Community College, Moberly & NEW MACON SATELLITE LOCATION    
Truman State University, Kirksville    
University of Missouri, Columbia    
Central Christian College, Moberly    
       
Nearby Private Colleges or Universities:      
Stephens College, Columbia    
Columbia College, Columbia    
Hannibal LaGrange College, Hannibal    
Central Methodist College, Fayette & NEW MACON SATELLITE LOCATION    
Westminster College, Fulton    
William Woods College, Fulton    
Kirksville Osteopathic College, Kirksville    

       
TRANSPORTATION
       
Rail      
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe
2 Freight stops per day
Distance to nearest piggy back Amtrak service: 21 mi.
       
Air      
Macon Fower Memorial Airport  
Longest runway: 3,350ft.  
Surface: Paved  
Runway: Lighted  
Private aircraft storage available  
Aircraft maintenance available  
Hangars: 14  
Available fuel: Jet A and 100 low lead  
Nearest commercial air transportation: 27 mi.  
       
Trucklines      
C & F Frieght      
Roadway      
Beaufort Frieght      
Gully Transport      
Air Borne Express      
Fed Ex      
UPS      

       
LOCAL GOVERNMENT      
       
Local      
Mayor / City Council
Comprehensive City Plan
City Zoning
Subdivision Ordinance with design standards
Industrial Development Authority with bonding capacity
Fire department personnel: 7 Full-time
    12 Reserve
Full-time Police: 12 City
    10 County
Public garbage service provided  

       
CLIMATE      
       
Temperature      
Coldest month: February

Average maximum temperature

30 º F 1 º C

Average minimum temperature

10 º F 12 º C
Hottest month: July

Average maximum temperature

90 º F 32 º C

Average minimum temperature

64 º F 18 º C
       
Precipitation:      
Driest month: February

Normal

  1.5 in.  
Wettest month:   June  

Normal

  4.8 in.  
Annual Average Rain:   34.1 in.  




 

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