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Mount Pleasant township, Bates County, MO

5,012 Population
35.6 square miles 140.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bates County: 41.4 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,349 ±$3,677 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
$43,429 ±$6,590 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Bates County: $60,733 ±$4,639
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24% ±8% (1,117  ±374) 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)

29.1 minutes ±6.5 (48,285  ±12,602) 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

1,931 ±151 Number of households
  • Bates County: 6,158 ±169
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (4,749  ±21) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bates County: 2.6 15,850 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4% ±3.7% (39  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bates County: 5.7% † 191 (±3% / ±102)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,195 ±151 Number of housing units
  • Bates County: 7,192 ±29
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$151,600 ±$26,664 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bates County: $170,800 ±$12,266
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.6% ±4.4% (673  ±217.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bates County: 11.2% † 1,790 (±2.9% / ±463)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.2% ±8.4% (3,125  ±326.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bates County: 90.2% 10,167 (±4.2% / ±482.4)
  • a little less than 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)
15.9% ±3.9% (563  ±140.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Bates County: 14.8% † 1,665 (±1.8% / ±205.2)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about half 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

2.4% ±1.5% (120  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Bates County: 1.1% 175
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.2% ±3.8% (353  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Bates County: 7.4% † 922 (±1.5% / ±191)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
353 Total veterans ±147 297 Male ±124 56 Female ±45

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