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Van Buren township, Jackson County, MO

9,249 Population
70.9 square miles 130.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Jackson County: 37 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$61,765 ±$7,956 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Jackson County: $39,559 ±$486
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$123,322 ±$13,318 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Jackson County: $68,577 ±$1,129
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.3% ±1.7% (490  ±157) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Jackson County: 14.1% 100,002 (±0.6% / ±3,896)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.5 minutes ±5.5 (102,390  ±12,962) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 23.4 7,050,955 (±0.3 / ±118,165)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,565 ±299 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 306,798 ±1,461
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (9,238  ±591) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jackson County: 2.3 709,727 (±0 / ±111)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±3% (81  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jackson County: 5% 8,703 (±0.4% / ±731)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,044 ±324 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 336,288 ±202
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$422,200 ±$24,322 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Jackson County: $230,500 ±$2,428
  • nearly double the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.3% ±2.2% (576  ±206.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Jackson County: 13.3% 94,419 (±0.5% / ±3,716.1)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.1% ±3.5% (6,423  ±529.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jackson County: 91.7% 450,755 (±1% / ±5,035.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
44.3% ±2.4% (2,960  ±273.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jackson County: 34% 166,990 (±0.6% / ±2,782.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

1.7% ±1.7% (158  ±156) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Jackson County: 6.6% 47,328
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±3.1% (600  ±227) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Jackson County: 6.3% 34,661 (±0.2% / ±1,325)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
600 Total veterans ±227 583 Male ±226 17 Female ±14

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