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Independence township, Dunklin County, MO

11,960 Population
109.8 square miles 109 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Dunklin County: 39.7 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,579 ±$2,050 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Dunklin County: $26,244 ±$1,398
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$55,521 ±$7,890 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dunklin County: $47,849 ±$4,146
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.4% ±3.7% (2,113  ±426) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dunklin County: 22% 5,879 (±2.1% / ±556)
  • 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)

21.8 minutes ±1.9 (100,345  ±11,361) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Dunklin County: 23.1 238,845 (±1.1 / ±15,302)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,000 ±217 Number of households
  • Dunklin County: 11,257 ±268
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (11,525  ±47) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Dunklin County: 2.4 26,749 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±2.5% (135  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dunklin County: 8.6% † 520 (±2.4% / ±145)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,780 ±213 Number of housing units
  • Dunklin County: 13,447 ±39
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,400 ±$12,526 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dunklin County: $97,600 ±$5,381
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.9% ±3.2% (1,515  ±382.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dunklin County: 12.1% † 3,263 (±2.1% / ±571.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.5% ±5.7% (6,781  ±514.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dunklin County: 81.1% 14,759 (±3.6% / ±666.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.2% ±2.6% (1,334  ±214.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dunklin County: 13.2% † 2,404 (±1.5% / ±276.8)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about half 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

0.9% ±0.8% (104  ±93) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Dunklin County: 2.9% 800
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±1.4% (514  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dunklin County: 6.9% † 1,394 (±1% / ±207)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
514 Total veterans ±122 499 Male ±120 15 Female ±19

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