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Liberty township, Cape Girardeau County, MO

711 Population
25.4 square miles 28 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Cape Girardeau County: 37.1 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,043 ±$10,259 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cape Girardeau County: $35,813 ±$1,367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,583 ±$33,216 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cape Girardeau County: $68,464 ±$3,198
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.3% ±4.7% (23  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 14% † 11,018 (±1.5% / ±1,155)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.1 minutes ±23.7 (9,325  ±5,080) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Cape Girardeau County: 19.5 740,605 (±0.8 / ±36,198)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

250 ±122 Number of households
  • Cape Girardeau County: 32,454 ±482
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±1 (711  ±429) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cape Girardeau County: 2.4 79,130 (±0 / ±74)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

32.8% ±44% (22  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 3.3% † 666 (±1% / ±198)
  • 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

326 ±124 Number of housing units
  • Cape Girardeau County: 36,086 ±108
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$199,100 ±$51,356 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cape Girardeau County: $220,700 ±$7,640
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±11.1% (85  ±92.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 15.3% 12,551 (±1.5% / ±1,245.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±58.6% (432  ±176.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 92.6% 49,946 (±3.1% / ±1,689.2)
  • 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)
34.3% ±21.5% (160  ±126.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 33.1% 17,842 (±1.8% / ±986.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • a little less than 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

N/A Foreign-born population

9% ±8.2% (43  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cape Girardeau County: 6.5% 4,256 (±0.7% / ±424)
  • 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)
43 Total veterans ±44 43 Male ±44 N/A Female ±12

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