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Platte township, Clay County, MO

20,322 Population
68.2 square miles 298 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Clay County: 37.9 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,339 ±$2,972 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Clay County: $43,986 ±$1,069
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$104,320 ±$6,834 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Clay County: $88,468 ±$2,010
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.5% ±1.7% (896  ±335) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Clay County: 8.5% † 21,591 (±0.9% / ±2,256)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.4 minutes ±1.3 (229,420  ±22,060) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Clay County: 22.8 2,565,100 (±0.5 / ±73,276)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,688 ±382 Number of households
  • Clay County: 102,171 ±719
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (20,129  ±825) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Clay County: 2.5 255,126 (±0 / ±69)
  • 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

6.2% ±2.7% (275  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 5.3% † 3,315 (±0.7% / ±425)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,817 ±389 Number of housing units
  • Clay County: 107,719 ±89
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$312,800 ±$16,762 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Clay County: $275,600 ±$4,758
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.3% ±2.4% (1,460  ±487.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Clay County: 12.6% 32,070 (±0.9% / ±2,368.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±4.4% (13,038  ±866.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Clay County: 94.3% 166,966 (±1.7% / ±3,085.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.5% ±3.5% (5,198  ±546.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Clay County: 36.6% 64,744 (±1% / ±1,823.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • a little higher than 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

1.5% ±0.9% (310  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Clay County: 5.5% 14,236
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±1.5% (1,196  ±232) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Clay County: 7.1% 13,951 (±0.4% / ±823)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,196 Total veterans ±232 1,092 Male ±200 104 Female ±101

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