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High Ridge township, Jefferson County, MO

18,082 Population
36.7 square miles 493.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,899 ±$2,788 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $37,869 ±$832
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$79,660 ±$7,335 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Jefferson County: $80,522 ±$2,296
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

10.8% ±3.1% (1,948  ±568) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 8.6% 19,263 (±0.8% / ±1,836)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

28.3 minutes ±0.8 (240,500  ±21,011) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 30.4 3,135,780 (±0.6 / ±82,755)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

7,136 ±412 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 87,025 ±784
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.5 ±0 (18,033  ±1,067) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.6 226,205 (±0 / ±23)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

7.2% ±2.3% (272  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 4.8% † 2,419 (±0.7% / ±375)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

7,807 ±413 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 93,276 ±64
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$201,900 ±$14,311 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $218,800 ±$3,182
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

8.3% ±2.3% (1,480  ±417.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jefferson County: 11.2% 25,369 (±0.9% / ±2,070.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

91.2% ±2.7% (12,070  ±823.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 91.5% 145,506 (±1.9% / ±2,960.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
24% ±3% (3,174  ±442.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 23.6% 37,574 (±1% / ±1,530.5)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.1% ±1.2% (372  ±215) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 2.2% 5,113
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

8.7% ±1.2% (1,226  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 7.9% 13,847 (±0.5% / ±887)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
1,226 Total veterans ±189 1,135 Male ±182 91 Female ±52

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