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Meramec township, Jefferson County, MO

19,708 Population
95.8 square miles 205.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 40.3 ±0.3
  • 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

$45,194 ±$2,749 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $39,160 ±$821
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$104,728 ±$9,346 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $82,851 ±$2,327
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.6% ±1.8% (1,100  ±356) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 9% 20,464 (±0.8% / ±1,895)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.2 minutes ±6.2 (285,935  ±33,546) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 30.6 3,132,435 (±0.6 / ±84,948)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,441 ±572 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 88,309 ±678
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (19,558  ±1,646) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 2.6 227,492 (±0 / ±21)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±1.7% (145  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jefferson County: 4.9% † 2,488 (±0.8% / ±428)
  • 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

7,832 ±597 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 93,955 ±84
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$274,000 ±$28,965 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $237,200 ±$3,773
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.2% ±2.9% (1,986  ±599.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 9.9% 22,530 (±0.9% / ±1,981.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±10.6% (13,145  ±1,041.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 92% 147,887 (±1.8% / ±2,825.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.5% ±3.9% (4,376  ±673.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 24.7% 39,741 (±0.9% / ±1,482.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about 80 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

2.1% ±0.8% (417  ±162) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 2.3% 5,265
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.3% (1,033  ±229) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 7.3% 12,928 (±0.4% / ±776)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,033 Total veterans ±229 919 Male ±217 114 Female ±99

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