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Mount Vernon township, Lawrence County, MO

8,692 Population
82.6 square miles 105.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 38.7 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$27,261 ±$2,922 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $26,407 ±$1,037
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $36,754 ±$192
$60,776 ±$10,695 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $52,225 ±$2,493
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $65,920 ±$361

8.7% ±4.1% (723  ±344) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lawrence County: 14.7% † 5,486 (±2.2% / ±815)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 12.8% 766,582 (±0.2% / ±11,744)

23.2 minutes ±1.9 (74,445  ±12,664) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lawrence County: 23.7 354,140 (±1.1 / ±25,267)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.8 62,486,084 (±0.1 / ±394,655)

Families

3,098 ±282 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 14,629 ±298
  • Missouri: 2,458,324 ±6,327
2.7 ±0.3 (8,276  ±664) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lawrence County: 2.6 37,648 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 5,987,423

8% ±5.6% (153  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lawrence County: 5.8% † 473 (±2.2% / ±178)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 76,551 (±0.2% / ±2,101)

Housing

3,442 ±271 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 16,267 ±29
  • Missouri: 2,795,030 ±544

$181,000 ±$29,017 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $145,800 ±$7,163
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $199,400 ±$949

15.3% ±5.9% (1,311  ±,517.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 12.8% † 4,824 (±2.2% / ±831)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.6% 827,230 (±0.2% / ±11,018.1)

Social

88.6% ±7.3% (5,191  ±,575.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 85.8% 21,821 (±3.7% / ±,949.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.3% 3,834,146 (±0.4% / ±14,766.4)
18.5% ±4.3% (1,085  ±,263.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 15.3% † 3,898 (±1.8% / ±,454.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 31.2% 1,309,838 (±0.2% / ±8,787.6)

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

2.2% ±1.8% (192  ±159) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lawrence County: 3.4% 1,301
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.2% 258,202

11.4% ±3.7% (729  ±244) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lawrence County: 8.6% † 2,447 (±1.1% / ±306)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 7.6% 361,097 (±0.1% / ±4,608)
729 Total veterans ±244 710 Male ±239 19 Female ±23

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