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South Benton township, Dallas County, MO

3,131 Population
38.3 square miles 81.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dallas County: 41.7 ±1.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,649 ±$15,105 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Dallas County: $28,002 † ±$3,079
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,065 ±$20,478 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Dallas County: $53,464 † ±$7,438
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.4% ±6.6% (345  ±216) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dallas County: 20.5% † 3,533 (±4.1% / ±707)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.2 minutes ±4 (28,505  ±10,728) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Dallas County: 33.3 198,790 (±2.5 / ±22,343)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,035 ±247 Number of households
  • Dallas County: 6,768 ±263
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (3,026  ±755) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dallas County: 2.6 17,345 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,144 ±236 Number of housing units
  • Dallas County: 7,613 ±19
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$167,800 ±$36,963 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dallas County: $190,300 ±$16,362
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.1% ±11.2% (660  ±384.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Dallas County: 10% † 1,717 (±3% / ±521.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.2% ±30.5% (1,995  ±463.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dallas County: 89.3% 10,953 (±6.3% / ±771)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.3% ±10.9% (716  ±312) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Dallas County: 16.4% † 2,016 (±3.1% / ±376.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about 90 percent 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

N/A Foreign-born population

10.3% ±6.9% (251  ±181) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Dallas County: 10.4% † 1,394 (±2.3% / ±308)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
251 Total veterans ±181 221 Male ±197 30 Female ±50

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