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Benton township, Adair County, MO

19,525 Population
79.2 square miles 246.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Adair County: 30.2 ±0.7
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,483 ±$4,548 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Adair County: $34,223 † ±$3,689
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,109 ±$6,726 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Adair County: $61,536 ±$4,691
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.9% ±3% (4,568  ±528) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Adair County: 22% † 5,155 (±2.4% / ±551)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.7 minutes ±1.2 (105,305  ±12,492) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Adair County: 15.3 151,630 (±1 / ±13,604)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,007 ±313 Number of households
  • Adair County: 9,126 ±323
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (17,559  ±312) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Adair County: 2.6 23,335 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±2.2% (336  ±133) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Adair County: 6% † 439 (±1.9% / ±139)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,500 ±188 Number of housing units
  • Adair County: 11,389 ±36
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,800 ±$13,773 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Adair County: $165,700 ±$10,140
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.2% ±3.2% (3,722  ±621.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Adair County: 15.7% † 3,926 (±2.5% / ±628.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±5.4% (9,577  ±619) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Adair County: 93.4% 13,200 (±4.7% / ±671.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.5% ±3.9% (4,116  ±414.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Adair County: 35.5% 5,023 (±3.2% / ±448.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

7% ±1.4% (1,359  ±281) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Adair County: 5.4% 1,374
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4% ±1.2% (641  ±194) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Adair County: 4.6% † 951 (±1.1% / ±216)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
641 Total veterans ±194 584 Male ±179 57 Female ±54

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