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Polk township, Cass County, MO

2,212 Population
54.9 square miles 40.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cass County: 40.1 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,729 ±$6,301 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cass County: $41,075 ±$1,004
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$121,033 ±$20,508 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Cass County: $87,413 ±$3,813
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

4.6% ±1.9% (101  ±47) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cass County: 6.5% † 6,984 (±0.9% / ±1,010)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

36.8 minutes ±5.4 (33,815  ±9,788) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Cass County: 28.9 1,383,085 (±1.1 / ±60,093)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

847 ±152 Number of households
  • Cass County: 42,311 ±476
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.6 ±0.2 (2,212  ±442) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cass County: 2.6 108,356 (±0 / ±10)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

1.4% ±2% (6  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Cass County: 6.1% † 1,490 (±1.4% / ±333)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

891 ±149 Number of housing units
  • Cass County: 44,928 ±60
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$369,000 ±$69,228 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Cass County: $269,000 ±$6,351
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

4.7% ±2.5% (104  ±58.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cass County: 12.2% † 13,194 (±1.3% / ±1,437.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

95.9% ±23.5% (1,546  ±255) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cass County: 93.7% 70,439 (±2.5% / ±1,869.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
30.7% ±8.9% (494  ±168.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cass County: 28.9% 21,696 (±1.4% / ±1,064.5)
  • a little less 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

0.1% ±0.2% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Cass County: 1.6% 1,767
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

7.5% ±2.9% (131  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cass County: 8.5% 7,072 (±0.7% / ±558)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
131 Total veterans ±56 118 Male ±54 13 Female ±13

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