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Beaver Dam township, Butler County, MO

4,680 Population
75.7 square miles 61.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±10.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Butler County: 39.5 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,517 ±$4,359 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Butler County: $27,431 ±$1,393
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,447 ±$11,858 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Butler County: $49,089 ±$3,075
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.8% ±10.5% (947  ±499) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Butler County: 20.5% † 8,439 (±2.4% / ±998)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.3 minutes ±2 (34,590  ±6,760) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Butler County: 21 341,435 (±1.4 / ±26,518)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,792 ±218 Number of households
  • Butler County: 16,594 ±407
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (4,680  ±669) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Butler County: 2.5 41,134 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • 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

12.8% ±9.1% (143  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Butler County: 6% † 557 (±1.8% / ±172)
  • 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

1,990 ±251 Number of housing units
  • Butler County: 19,303 ±32
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$172,800 ±$25,728 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Butler County: $145,100 ±$7,701
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6% ±3.6% (278  ±172.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Butler County: 13.9% † 5,783 (±2.4% / ±979.6)
  • 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

81.3% ±7.2% (2,492  ±388.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Butler County: 84.9% 24,410 (±3.9% / ±1,130)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11% ±5% (338  ±159.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Butler County: 15.8% † 4,538 (±1.9% / ±534.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about one-third 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

0.5% ±0.7% (21  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Butler County: 0.8% 335
  • about 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

8.6% ±4% (288  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Butler County: 9.9% † 3,186 (±1.3% / ±423)
  • about 20 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)
288 Total veterans ±140 238 Male ±129 50 Female ±46

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