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Prairie township, Jackson County, MO

117,392 Population
97.7 square miles 1,201.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Jackson County: 37.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39.3 ±0.2

Economics

$45,913 ±$2,938 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jackson County: $38,665 ±$1,251
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $38,699 ±$393
$103,202 ±$8,269 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Jackson County: $66,055 ±$1,658
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $68,545 ±$900

4.4% ±1.7% (5,119  ±1,973) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Jackson County: 11.7% † 83,002 (±1.3% / ±9,064)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 12% 720,210 (±0.4% / ±24,684)

25.9 minutes ±0.7 (1,234,660  ±53,536) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 23.4 7,146,390 (±0.3 / ±114,698)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

44,865 ±2,127 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 310,868 ±3,159
  • Missouri: 2,556,271 ±10,804
2.6 ±0.1 (116,844  ±3,263) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.3 709,044 (±0 / ±254)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,033,157

5.5% ±2.1% (1,813  ±712) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 4.6% † 8,100 (±1.2% / ±2,161)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 78,185 (±0.4% / ±5,180)

Housing

46,054 ±2,130 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 339,241 ±143
  • Missouri: 2,844,440 ±583

$341,100 ±$13,943 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Jackson County: $228,100 ±$6,165
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $233,600 ±$2,397

9.9% ±2.5% (11,462  ±2,912.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 12.5% 88,972 (±1.2% / ±8,593.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.1% 739,002 (±0.4% / ±22,558.4)

Social

97.8% ±3.8% (72,905  ±4,477.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 92.2% 454,199 (±2.1% / ±10,446.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 92% 3,915,999 (±0.7% / ±29,203.5)
51.1% ±3.2% (38,050  ±3,014.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 35.6% 175,399 (±1.2% / ±5,959)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 33.2% 1,413,984 (±0.4% / ±18,155.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.7% ±1.1% (4,308  ±1,272) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Jackson County: 6.7% 47,938
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 4.8% 296,832

7% ±1.6% (5,982  ±1,343) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 6.3% 34,644 (±0.5% / ±2,682)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 7.1% 341,191 (±0.2% / ±8,649)
5,982 Total veterans ±1,343 5,086 Male ±1,166 896 Female ±685

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