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Polk township, Cass County, MO

2,294 Population
54.9 square miles 41.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49 ±9.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cass County: 40.4 ±0.4
  • 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

$43,519 ±$6,703 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cass County: $42,789 ±$1,042
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$119,000 ±$28,636 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Cass County: $87,535 ±$3,248
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.2% ±1.6% (74  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Cass County: 6.2% † 6,827 (±0.9% / ±959)
  • 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)

36.2 minutes ±4.7 (37,365  ±9,130) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Cass County: 28 1,349,250 (±0.7 / ±48,289)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

874 ±162 Number of households
  • Cass County: 43,206 ±525
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.7 (2,294  ±406) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cass County: 2.5 109,727 (±0 / ±12)
  • 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

0.7% ±1.4% (3  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Cass County: 5.5% † 1,345 (±1.2% / ±306)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

915 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Cass County: 45,834 ±71
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$397,200 ±$54,180 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Cass County: $292,400 ±$7,874
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.9% ±2.9% (134  ±71.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Cass County: 12.5% † 13,789 (±1.4% / ±1,498)
  • 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

97.2% ±23.7% (1,567  ±260.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cass County: 94.2% 71,949 (±2.5% / ±1,889.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.8% ±8.6% (496  ±165.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cass County: 29.6% 22,639 (±1.3% / ±1,025.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about 90 percent 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

0.2% ±0.3% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Cass County: 1.8% 1,944
  • less than 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

5.2% ±1.7% (98  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cass County: 8.2% 6,978 (±0.7% / ±561)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
98 Total veterans ±36 82 Male ±32 16 Female ±14

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