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Mount Vernon township, Lawrence County, MO

8,248 Population
82.6 square miles 99.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 38.8 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$29,696 ±$2,562 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $28,600 ±$1,129
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
$68,018 ±$9,525 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $61,215 ±$4,968
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325

12.1% ±4.6% (945  ±367) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lawrence County: 14.5% † 5,470 (±2.2% / ±825)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)

23.3 minutes ±4 (78,075  ±9,140) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 25 379,305 (±1.6 / ±29,872)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)

Families

3,038 ±265 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 14,602 ±339
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
2.6 ±0.3 (7,817  ±566) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lawrence County: 2.6 37,971 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070

8.3% ±4.2% (138  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Lawrence County: 3.5% † 288 (±1.3% / ±103)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)

Housing

3,259 ±261 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 16,303 ±39
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043

$215,000 ±$15,555 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $175,100 ±$12,361
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880

17.6% ±5% (1,425  ±419.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 14.4% † 5,501 (±2.6% / ±975.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)

Social

92.6% ±5.8% (5,076  ±517.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 87.3% 22,471 (±3.5% / ±908.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
23% ±4.5% (1,259  ±264.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lawrence County: 16.9% 4,346 (±1.7% / ±432.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)

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

2.5% ±1.5% (205  ±125) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lawrence County: 3.5% 1,335
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967

10.8% ±3.3% (671  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence County: 6.8% † 1,943 (±1% / ±282)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
671 Total veterans ±211 641 Male ±206 30 Female ±27

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