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Elkhart township, Bates County, MO

354 Population
35.4 square miles 10 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±20.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bates County: 41.4 ±0.5
  • 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

$34,232 ±$10,259 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Bates County: $29,340 ±$1,314
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,523 ±$28,552 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Bates County: $60,733 ±$4,639
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2% ±2.6% (7  ±10) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Bates County: 15.9% † 2,500 (±3.3% / ±517)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

50.5 minutes ±44.8 (10,310  ±6,192) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Bates County: 32.8 206,655 (±2.1 / ±16,641)
  • more than double the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • nearly double the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

175 ±77 Number of households
  • Bates County: 6,158 ±169
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.5 (354  ±182) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bates County: 2.6 15,850 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

189 ±72 Number of housing units
  • Bates County: 7,192 ±29
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$355,900 ±$233,982 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Bates County: $170,800 ±$12,266
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.2% ±11.6% (22  ±42.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bates County: 11.2% † 1,790 (±2.9% / ±463)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.2% ±58.2% (275  ±103.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bates County: 90.2% 10,167 (±4.2% / ±482.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.1% ±15% (37  ±45.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bates County: 14.8% † 1,665 (±1.8% / ±205.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about two-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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.2% ±5.8% (15  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bates County: 7.4% † 922 (±1.5% / ±191)
  • about three-fifths of 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)
15 Total veterans ±22 15 Male ±22 N/A Female ±12

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