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Byrd township, Cape Girardeau County, MO

20,459 Population
62.5 square miles 327.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cape Girardeau County: 37.1 ±0.3
  • 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

$36,906 ±$2,482 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cape Girardeau County: $35,813 ±$1,367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,251 ±$6,061 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cape Girardeau County: $68,464 ±$3,198
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.8% ±2.9% (1,769  ±579) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 14% † 11,018 (±1.5% / ±1,155)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.6 minutes ±1.3 (191,730  ±18,371) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Cape Girardeau County: 19.5 740,605 (±0.8 / ±36,198)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,906 ±361 Number of households
  • Cape Girardeau County: 32,454 ±482
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (20,131  ±841) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cape Girardeau County: 2.4 79,130 (±0 / ±74)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±2.5% (237  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 3.3% † 666 (±1% / ±198)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,215 ±353 Number of housing units
  • Cape Girardeau County: 36,086 ±108
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$233,900 ±$13,289 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Cape Girardeau County: $220,700 ±$7,640
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.3% ±3.3% (2,690  ±678) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 15.3% 12,551 (±1.5% / ±1,245.4)
  • a little 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

94.7% ±4.2% (12,943  ±840.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 92.6% 49,946 (±3.1% / ±1,689.2)
  • a little higher than 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)
35.5% ±3.1% (4,845  ±483.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 33.1% 17,842 (±1.8% / ±986.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about the same as 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

1.4% ±0.7% (294  ±145) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 2.4% 2,014
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±1.2% (875  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 6.5% 4,256 (±0.7% / ±424)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
875 Total veterans ±187 836 Male ±178 39 Female ±45

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