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West Peculiar township, Cass County, MO

8,690 Population
35.9 square miles 242.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Cass County: 40.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,112 ±$2,872 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cass County: $41,075 ±$1,004
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$98,538 ±$13,934 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cass County: $87,413 ±$3,813
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

3.5% ±1.9% (304  ±162) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Cass County: 6.5% † 6,984 (±0.9% / ±1,010)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

27.6 minutes ±1.3 (98,040  ±15,228) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Cass County: 28.9 1,383,085 (±1.1 / ±60,093)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

3,165 ±230 Number of households
  • Cass County: 42,311 ±476
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.7 ±0.3 (8,666  ±512) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

13.6% ±7.8% (234  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Cass County: 6.1% † 1,490 (±1.4% / ±333)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

3,318 ±276 Number of housing units
  • Cass County: 44,928 ±60
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$280,300 ±$27,806 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Cass County: $269,000 ±$6,351
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

19.1% ±6.9% (1,641  ±602.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cass County: 12.2% † 13,194 (±1.3% / ±1,437.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

93.2% ±7.3% (5,399  ±579.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cass County: 93.7% 70,439 (±2.5% / ±1,869.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
26.3% ±4.5% (1,525  ±281.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cass County: 28.9% 21,696 (±1.4% / ±1,064.5)
  • about 80 percent of 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

1.2% ±1.3% (102  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Cass County: 1.6% 1,767
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

11.2% ±3.4% (713  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cass County: 8.5% 7,072 (±0.7% / ±558)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
713 Total veterans ±221 643 Male ±193 70 Female ±55

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