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Center township, Buchanan County, MO

2,710 Population
35.9 square miles 75.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Buchanan County: 38.9 ±0.3
  • 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

$44,957 ±$6,032 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Buchanan County: $33,965 ±$1,484
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$89,886 ±$22,249 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Buchanan County: $62,158 ±$2,788
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.6% ±4.4% (205  ±122) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Buchanan County: 16% 12,864 (±1.4% / ±1,149)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.5 minutes ±1.1 (25,155  ±5,291) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Buchanan County: 17.8 633,140 (±1 / ±38,360)
  • 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

1,133 ±156 Number of households
  • Buchanan County: 33,439 ±475
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (2,710  ±387) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Buchanan County: 2.4 80,317 (±0 / ±51)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.7% ±4.7% (19  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Buchanan County: 6.4% † 1,161 (±1.5% / ±274)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,210 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Buchanan County: 38,472 ±48
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$240,700 ±$41,560 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Buchanan County: $166,300 ±$4,684
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.6% ±4.5% (176  ±122.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Buchanan County: 13.3% † 10,948 (±1.7% / ±1,378.7)
  • 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

91.9% ±3.9% (1,872  ±268.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Buchanan County: 90.3% 51,600 (±2.5% / ±1,411.3)
  • 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)
29.3% ±6.2% (596  ±150.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Buchanan County: 23.9% 13,629 (±1.3% / ±753)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about 80 percent 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

4.2% ±4.7% (113  ±128) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Buchanan County: 4% 3,376
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±4.7% (185  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Buchanan County: 7.3% 4,693 (±0.6% / ±414)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
185 Total veterans ±100 149 Male ±75 36 Female ±40

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