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Howard township, Bates County, MO

355 Population
36.3 square miles 9.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±8.2 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

$27,194 ±$7,658 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bates County: $29,340 ±$1,314
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,500 ±$27,257 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Bates County: $60,733 ±$4,639
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.1% ±21.8% (82  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bates County: 15.9% † 2,500 (±3.3% / ±517)
  • nearly double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.9 minutes ±14.9 (3,730  ±1,183) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bates County: 32.8 206,655 (±2.1 / ±16,641)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

128 ±34 Number of households
  • Bates County: 6,158 ±169
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.6 (355  ±119) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bates County: 2.6 15,850 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±2.8% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Bates County: 5.7% † 191 (±3% / ±102)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

143 ±36 Number of housing units
  • Bates County: 7,192 ±29
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$175,600 ±$33,646 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Bates County: $170,800 ±$12,266
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.4% ±5.1% (12  ±18.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Bates County: 11.2% † 1,790 (±2.9% / ±463)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±35.6% (207  ±54) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bates County: 90.2% 10,167 (±4.2% / ±482.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.3% ±12.9% (21  ±29.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bates County: 14.8% † 1,665 (±1.8% / ±205.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.3% ±0.6% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Bates County: 1.1% 175
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±2.8% (13  ±8) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bates County: 7.4% † 922 (±1.5% / ±191)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
13 Total veterans ±8 13 Male ±8 N/A Female ±12

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