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Benton township, Knox County, MO

320 Population
36.3 square miles 8.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • about half the figure in Knox County: 40.1 ±0.8
  • about half the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,635 ±$16,814 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Knox County: $28,995 ±$2,707
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$155,863 ±$9,098 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Knox County: $57,788 † ±$9,515
  • more than double the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

N/A Persons below poverty line

N/A

Families

73 ±45 Number of households
  • Knox County: 1,288 ±81
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
4.4 ±3.8 (320  ±191) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Knox County: 2.8 3,627 (±0.2 / ±8)
  • nearly double the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

82 ±45 Number of housing units
  • Knox County: 1,937 ±18
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$332,100 ±$69,504 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Knox County: $101,400 † ±$15,911
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.1% ±8.2% (13  ±27.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Knox County: 8.9% † 330 (±3.1% / ±116.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

28% ±29.8% (35  ±42.9) High school grad or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Knox County: 81.1% 1,971 (±7% / ±175.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.2% ±22.8% (9  ±29) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Knox County: 15.8% † 384 (±3.9% / ±94.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about one-fifth 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

6.5% ±7.4% (13  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Knox County: 8.6% † 242 (±2.2% / ±61)
  • 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)
13 Total veterans ±17 13 Male ±17 N/A Female ±12

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