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Prairie Home township, Cooper County, MO

877 Population
32.9 square miles 26.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±12.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cooper County: 40.5 ±1
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,367 ±$4,199 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cooper County: $30,584 ±$1,510
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,864 ±$15,356 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cooper County: $70,625 ±$4,864
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.5% ±12% (170  ±111) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cooper County: 11.7% † 1,815 (±2.3% / ±349)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31 minutes ±2.6 (10,710  ±3,787) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cooper County: 27 188,185 (±2.3 / ±18,081)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

332 ±67 Number of households
  • Cooper County: 6,246 ±182
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (877  ±201) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Cooper County: 2.5 15,560 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • 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

18.1% ±16.3% (37  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Cooper County: 6.2% † 214 (±1.8% / ±62)
  • 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

348 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Cooper County: 7,300 ±50
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$195,300 ±$56,085 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Cooper County: $203,500 ±$8,374
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.1% ±2.7% (35  ±24.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cooper County: 9.3% † 1,548 (±1.8% / ±294.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±25.5% (518  ±94.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cooper County: 90.3% 10,509 (±3.8% / ±453.4)
  • about the same as 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)
23.1% ±7.3% (133  ±50.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cooper County: 24% 2,789 (±2.2% / ±252.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about two-thirds of 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

1.6% ±1.1% (14  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Cooper County: 0.7% 115
  • 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

7.1% ±2.3% (50  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Cooper County: 6.9% † 899 (±1.1% / ±144)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
50 Total veterans ±20 47 Male ±19 3 Female ±4

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