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Fishing River township, Clay County, MO

9,873 Population
70.8 square miles 139.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±3.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Clay County: 37.6 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,406 ±$2,652 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Clay County: $42,336 ±$1,089
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$76,815 ±$12,388 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clay County: $86,150 ±$1,755
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

12.8% ±3.9% (1,253  ±392) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Clay County: 8.5% 21,452 (±0.6% / ±1,554)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

22.9 minutes ±2.2 (100,745  ±15,111) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Clay County: 23.2 2,644,985 (±0.5 / ±72,414)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

3,753 ±312 Number of households
  • Clay County: 101,008 ±765
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.5 ±0.3 (9,528  ±673) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Clay County: 2.5 252,793 (±0 / ±55)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

2.2% ±2.1% (48  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Clay County: 5.3% † 3,302 (±0.9% / ±524)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

4,195 ±370 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 106,689 ±147
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$181,400 ±$15,154 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Clay County: $256,400 ±$4,828
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

9.3% ±2.8% (918  ±282.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Clay County: 14% 35,393 (±1% / ±2,624.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

88.9% ±5% (5,893  ±563.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Clay County: 94.4% 165,004 (±1.7% / ±2,939.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
21% ±4.4% (1,394  ±310) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Clay County: 36% 62,919 (±1% / ±1,702.3)
  • about two-thirds 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

2.6% ±1.7% (257  ±170) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Clay County: 5.5% 14,067
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

6% ±2.3% (463  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Clay County: 7.4% 14,406 (±0.5% / ±900)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
463 Total veterans ±176 437 Male ±171 26 Female ±30

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