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Kaw township, Jackson County, MO

184,021 Population
55.9 square miles 3,291.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jackson County: 37.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$47,944 ±$3,406 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Jackson County: $38,665 ±$1,251
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $38,699 ±$393
$61,731 ±$3,358 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $66,055 ±$1,658
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,545 ±$900

18.4% ±2.8% (33,153  ±5,301) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 11.7% † 83,002 (±1.3% / ±9,064)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12% 720,210 (±0.4% / ±24,684)

19.3 minutes ±0.5 (1,597,470  ±113,788) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 23.2 7,133,580 (±0.6 / ±241,051)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.6 62,492,340 (±0.2 / ±849,274)

Families

92,036 ±3,984 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 310,868 ±3,159
  • Missouri: 2,556,271 ±10,804
1.9 ±0.1 (178,854  ±7,655) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 2.3 709,044 (±0 / ±254)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,033,157

4.6% ±2% (2,133  ±927) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 4.6% † 8,100 (±1.2% / ±2,161)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 78,185 (±0.4% / ±5,180)

Housing

103,116 ±3,863 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 339,241 ±143
  • Missouri: 2,844,440 ±583

$261,700 ±$13,009 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jackson County: $228,100 ±$6,165
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $233,600 ±$2,397

16.5% ±2.3% (29,996  ±4,293.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jackson County: 12.5% 88,972 (±1.2% / ±8,593.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 739,002 (±0.4% / ±22,558.4)

Social

92.4% ±1.8% (123,599  ±5,707.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 92.2% 454,199 (±2.1% / ±10,446.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,915,999 (±0.7% / ±29,203.5)
49.3% ±2.1% (65,915  ±3,939.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 35.6% 175,399 (±1.2% / ±5,959)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 33.2% 1,413,984 (±0.4% / ±18,155.5)

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

7.9% ±2.1% (14,538  ±3,989) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 6.7% 47,938
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.8% 296,832

5.4% ±0.9% (8,235  ±1,347) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 6.3% 34,644 (±0.5% / ±2,682)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 7.1% 341,191 (±0.2% / ±8,649)
8,235 Total veterans ±1,347 7,641 Male ±1,267 594 Female ±317

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