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Kaw township, Jackson County, MO

180,131 Population
55.9 square miles 3,221.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Jackson County: 37.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,057 ±$3,465 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Jackson County: $39,645 ±$1,140
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $40,284 ±$341
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$68,675 ±$5,798 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Jackson County: $70,625 ±$2,419
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $71,589 ±$703
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17.4% ±3.8% (30,518  ±6,892) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 14.5% † 103,973 (±1.7% / ±12,097)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.3% 745,363 (±0.4% / ±25,704)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.9 minutes ±0.4 (1,547,290  ±53,458) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 23.4 7,050,955 (±0.3 / ±118,165)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

89,773 ±3,421 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 312,709 ±3,241
  • Missouri: 2,563,244 ±10,377
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2 ±0.1 (174,745  ±9,140) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 2.3 717,566 (±0 / ±128)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,082,606
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.7% ±1.4% (1,944  ±752) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jackson County: 4.8% † 8,637 (±1.2% / ±2,080)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 5.2% 73,794 (±0.3% / ±4,585)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

102,454 ±3,807 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 341,216 ±82
  • Missouri: 2,858,527 ±391
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$282,200 ±$20,048 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jackson County: $252,400 ±$5,901
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $254,400 ±$2,059
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

19.2% ±2.5% (34,375  ±4,814.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 11.8% 84,997 (±1.1% / ±8,069.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 747,755 (±0.4% / ±22,870.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.3% ±2.3% (118,060  ±5,883.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 91.2% 455,586 (±2.3% / ±11,339)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,959,346 (±0.7% / ±31,243.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
50.8% ±2.6% (64,958  ±4,341.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 35.8% 178,836 (±1.4% / ±6,872.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 33.5% 1,440,376 (±0.4% / ±19,147.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

9.3% ±1.6% (16,744  ±2,922) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 7.6% 54,951
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 4.9% 308,514
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±0.9% (7,059  ±1,369) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 6.1% 34,268 (±0.5% / ±2,653)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 7% 340,990 (±0.2% / ±9,503)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,059 Total veterans ±1,369 6,587 Male ±1,375 472 Female ±325

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