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Cape Girardeau township, Cape Girardeau County, MO

42,137 Population
67.1 square miles 627.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cape Girardeau County: 37 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,232 ±$2,390 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Cape Girardeau County: $35,924 ±$1,594
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$55,304 ±$3,302 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cape Girardeau County: $68,912 ±$2,419
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

20.6% ±2.2% (7,993  ±873) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 14.1% † 11,024 (±1.5% / ±1,184)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

16 minutes ±1 (309,250  ±23,441) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cape Girardeau County: 19.5 738,425 (±0.6 / ±30,645)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

17,596 ±584 Number of households
  • Cape Girardeau County: 32,544 ±498
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.2 ±0.1 (38,991  ±631) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cape Girardeau County: 2.4 78,539 (±0 / ±79)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

2.9% ±1% (317  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 3.4% † 691 (±1% / ±193)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

19,753 ±437 Number of housing units
  • Cape Girardeau County: 35,892 ±63
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$188,300 ±$6,227 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cape Girardeau County: $208,300 ±$8,082
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

22.6% ±2.3% (9,389  ±961.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 17% † 13,847 (±1.7% / ±1,381)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

91.6% ±3.8% (23,916  ±1,174.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 92.8% 49,236 (±3% / ±1,599.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
35.4% ±2.5% (9,255  ±704.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 33.9% 17,967 (±1.9% / ±996.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.5% ±0.8% (1,479  ±342) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 2.4% 1,939
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

6.2% ±0.8% (2,159  ±271) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 6.8% 4,374 (±0.6% / ±402)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
2,159 Total veterans ±271 2,048 Male ±272 111 Female ±78

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