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Lamar township, Barton County, MO

1,524 Population
62.8 square miles 24.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±12.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barton County: 41.1 ±1.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,706 ±$4,296 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Barton County: $26,253 ±$2,336
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,926 ±$15,117 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Barton County: $51,635 † ±$5,457
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.7% ±9.3% (224  ±152) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Barton County: 20.2% † 2,330 (±4.4% / ±505)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.8 minutes ±5.9 (11,560  ±5,540) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Barton County: 23.9 † 106,320 (±3 / ±16,273)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

567 ±121 Number of households
  • Barton County: 4,454 ±213
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (1,524  ±377) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Barton County: 2.6 11,594 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.8% ±14.9% (35  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Barton County: 10.6% † 254 (±4.5% / ±107)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

614 ±122 Number of housing units
  • Barton County: 5,285 ±26
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$206,000 ±$93,256 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Barton County: $136,500 † ±$28,748
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.8% ±8.5% (239  ±140.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Barton County: 9.5% † 1,087 (±2.3% / ±262.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.1% ±28.5% (972  ±203.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Barton County: 87.5% 7,065 (±5.8% / ±471.6)
  • about the same as 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)
21.6% ±8.7% (225  ±103.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Barton County: 17.4% † 1,404 (±2.9% / ±236.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about three-fifths of 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

3.1% ±2.9% (47  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Barton County: 1.1% 126
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

0.4% ±0.6% (5  ±7) Population with veteran status
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Barton County: 6% † 534 (±1.4% / ±123)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
5 Total veterans ±7 5 Male ±7 N/A Female ±12

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