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West Benton township, Christian County, MO

648 Population
14.6 square miles 44.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±8.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Christian County: 39.3 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,148 ±$7,107 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Christian County: $38,535 ±$1,707
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$120,625 ±$28,668 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Christian County: $81,245 ±$2,391
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

3.1% ±5.1% (20  ±34) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Christian County: 8.7% † 7,831 (±1.7% / ±1,551)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

26.3 minutes ±3.5 (7,755  ±3,901) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Christian County: 25.1 988,250 (±0.7 / ±35,149)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

228 ±81 Number of households
  • Christian County: 34,256 ±374
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.8 ±0.7 (648  ±275) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Christian County: 2.7 90,670 (±0 / ±12)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

228 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Christian County: 35,972 ±43
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$322,500 ±$135,667 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Christian County: $249,700 ±$6,931
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

8.5% ±15.3% (55  ±102.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Christian County: 10.8% † 9,707 (±1.5% / ±1,314.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

92.1% ±15.4% (382  ±149.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Christian County: 93.4% 57,711 (±3% / ±1,832.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
25.1% ±18.6% (104  ±85.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Christian County: 32.6% 20,138 (±1.8% / ±1,095.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

22.2% ±28.2% (96  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Christian County: 8% 5,418 (±0.8% / ±539)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
96 Total veterans ±126 55 Male ±67 41 Female ±60

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