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Clay township, Lafayette County, MO

4,313 Population
95.7 square miles 45.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.9 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 40.9 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,584 ±$4,451 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lafayette County: $36,530 ±$1,601
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,734 ±$8,848 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lafayette County: $80,612 ±$6,979
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.9% ±2.8% (428  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lafayette County: 9.3% † 3,031 (±1.7% / ±547)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.2 minutes ±2 (46,510  ±10,443) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 24.9 356,065 (±0.6 / ±18,718)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,850 ±309 Number of households
  • Lafayette County: 12,576 ±358
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.5 (4,313  ±695) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lafayette County: 2.6 32,464 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.7% ±3.4% (20  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lafayette County: 3.7% † 256 (±1.7% / ±118)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,147 ±331 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette County: 14,221 ±60
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$251,800 ±$60,429 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lafayette County: $216,500 ±$12,051
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.6% ±3% (284  ±136.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lafayette County: 15.1% † 4,966 (±2.5% / ±814.8)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.1% ±18% (3,081  ±377.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lafayette County: 91.6% 21,261 (±4.3% / ±996.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.1% ±3.4% (702  ±165.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lafayette County: 26.2% † 6,084 (±2.7% / ±617.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.8% ±0.9% (34  ±40) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Lafayette County: 2.3% 746
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.1% ±3.4% (341  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lafayette County: 9.5% † 2,415 (±1.6% / ±404)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
341 Total veterans ±137 284 Male ±115 57 Female ±50

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