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Kearney township, Clay County, MO

16,039 Population
63.9 square miles 250.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Clay County: 37.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,040 ±$4,002 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Clay County: $42,336 ±$1,089
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$104,892 ±$6,983 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Clay County: $86,150 ±$1,755
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

2.9% ±1.2% (464  ±193) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Clay County: 8.5% 21,452 (±0.6% / ±1,554)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

26.6 minutes ±3.3 (197,050  ±30,819) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Clay County: 23.2 2,644,985 (±0.5 / ±72,414)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

6,161 ±357 Number of households
  • Clay County: 101,008 ±765
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.6 ±0.2 (16,013  ±737) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Clay County: 2.5 252,793 (±0 / ±55)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

6.7% ±3% (235  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 5.3% † 3,302 (±0.9% / ±524)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

6,487 ±384 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 106,689 ±147
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$313,500 ±$23,512 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Clay County: $256,400 ±$4,828
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

10.3% ±3.3% (1,634  ±529.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Clay County: 14% 35,393 (±1% / ±2,624.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

96.7% ±4.7% (11,075  ±820.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 94.4% 165,004 (±1.7% / ±2,939.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
36.4% ±4.3% (4,174  ±541.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 36% 62,919 (±1% / ±1,702.3)
  • about 10 percent higher 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

0.8% ±0.5% (133  ±85) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Clay County: 5.5% 14,067
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

6.5% ±1.7% (816  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Clay County: 7.4% 14,406 (±0.5% / ±900)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
816 Total veterans ±214 774 Male ±202 42 Female ±50

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