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Benton township, Cedar County, MO

875 Population
84.1 square miles 10.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±11.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cedar County: 43 ±2.2
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,053 ±$4,412 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cedar County: $30,063 † ±$4,347
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,464 ±$21,697 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cedar County: $48,181 ±$4,496
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.9% ±7% (87  ±69) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cedar County: 17% † 2,448 (±4.1% / ±596)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

38.3 minutes ±28.1 (15,155  ±7,570) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Cedar County: 25.1 129,260 (±2.2 / ±15,804)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

353 ±118 Number of households
  • Cedar County: 5,773 ±237
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.4 (875  ±320) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cedar County: 2.5 14,276 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

15.1% ±20.5% (22  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cedar County: 9.2% † 239 (±4.1% / ±107)
  • 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

454 ±123 Number of housing units
  • Cedar County: 6,946 ±58
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$113,200 ±$9,309 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cedar County: $168,100 ±$16,694
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.7% ±14.8% (114  ±129.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cedar County: 9.8% † 1,407 (±2.9% / ±418.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.1% ±37.4% (513  ±146.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cedar County: 89.2% 9,055 (±5.8% / ±594.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.7% ±10.7% (103  ±70) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cedar County: 19% † 1,928 (±3% / ±306.9)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about half 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

0.9% ±1.3% (8  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cedar County: 0.6% 83
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±3.6% (36  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Cedar County: 9.9% † 1,099 (±1.7% / ±183)
  • 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)
36 Total veterans ±27 36 Male ±27 N/A Female ±12

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