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Prairie township, Franklin County, MO

3,635 Population
85.8 square miles 42.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.7 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 41.8 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,981 ±$4,944 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $37,792 ±$1,199
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,250 ±$15,280 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $73,165 ±$2,639
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.5% ±8.4% (491  ±313) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 8.2% † 8,534 (±0.9% / ±934)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

42.7 minutes ±9.3 (59,280  ±18,246) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Franklin County: 28.3 1,261,605 (±1 / ±53,730)
  • nearly double the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,505 ±215 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 43,036 ±493
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0 (3,627  ±520) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 2.4 104,972 (±0 / ±10)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±5.3% (17  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 5.5% † 1,190 (±1.5% / ±329)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,643 ±213 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 46,312 ±99
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$222,800 ±$42,520 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $227,600 ±$5,671
  • a little less than the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.4% ±2.5% (87  ±91.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Franklin County: 9.9% † 10,399 (±1.4% / ±1,412.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.5% ±1.4% (2,430  ±342.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 90.8% 67,749 (±2.4% / ±1,820.2)
  • 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)
13.8% ±4.1% (389  ±127.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 23.7% 17,686 (±1.3% / ±992.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about two-fifths 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

7.8% ±3.4% (232  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 7.7% 6,290 (±0.7% / ±577)
  • 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)
232 Total veterans ±107 230 Male ±107 2 Female ±4

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