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Mount Vernon township, Lawrence County, MO

8,388 Population
82.6 square miles 101.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 39 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,219 ±$2,882 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $27,516 ±$1,217
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$61,986 ±$13,104 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $55,849 ±$5,275
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

15.1% ±4.9% (1,202  ±401) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lawrence County: 16.5% † 6,202 (±2.3% / ±868)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

22.8 minutes ±2 (69,445  ±11,729) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 24.7 361,355 (±1.1 / ±22,729)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

2,994 ±282 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 14,694 ±275
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.7 ±0.3 (7,965  ±653) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lawrence County: 2.6 37,790 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 † 6,003,171 (±,223.6 / ±-555,555,600)

7.9% ±5% (129  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Lawrence County: 4.1% † 333 (±1.7% / ±138)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

3,293 ±279 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 16,280 ±29
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$203,300 ±$25,860 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $159,800 ±$9,769
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

14.2% ±5% (1,168  ±423) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 13.3% † 5,043 (±2.7% / ±1,007.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

90.3% ±6.1% (4,996  ±,522.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 85.5% 21,835 (±3.7% / ±,948.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
20% ±4.1% (1,108  ±,245.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 16.6% † 4,237 (±1.8% / ±,453.6)
  • about three-fifths 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% ±1.4% (165  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lawrence County: 3.5% † 1,348 (±50,808.5% / ±245)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.4% † 269,902 (±,394.1% / ±5,188)

12.1% ±3.4% (737  ±216) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence County: 8.3% † 2,367 (±1% / ±284)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
737 Total veterans ±216 711 Male ±207 26 Female ±30

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