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Van Buren township, Newton County, MO

1,020 Population
66.9 square miles 15.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Newton County: 40.2 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,467 ±$9,001 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Newton County: $32,855 ±$1,765
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$51,250 ±$25,239 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Newton County: $64,583 ±$3,380
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

3.9% ±3.3% (40  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Newton County: 13.4% † 7,810 (±1.8% / ±1,056)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

26.5 minutes ±17.1 (10,450  ±4,664) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Newton County: 22.6 545,695 (±1.1 / ±31,999)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

423 ±107 Number of households
  • Newton County: 22,084 ±403
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.4 ±0.3 (1,020  ±293) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Newton County: 2.6 58,281 (±0.1 / ±96)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

0.8% ±1.5% (2  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Newton County: 8.1% † 1,019 (±1.6% / ±206)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

535 ±119 Number of housing units
  • Newton County: 24,762 ±79
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$107,600 ±$27,235 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Newton County: $175,300 ±$9,343
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

8.8% ±7.8% (90  ±83.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Newton County: 12.8% † 7,513 (±1.8% / ±1,073.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

84.6% ±0.7% (608  ±150.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Newton County: 89.3% 35,951 (±3% / ±1,218.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
5.3% ±4.9% (38  ±36.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Newton County: 23% 9,257 (±1.7% / ±692.6)
  • about one-fifth 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

6% ±6.2% (61  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Newton County: 4.4% 2,602
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

9.1% ±5.5% (73  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Newton County: 8.7% † 3,927 (±1% / ±447)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
73 Total veterans ±48 73 Male ±48 N/A Female ±12

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