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Lexington township, Lafayette County, MO

5,897 Population
79.5 square miles 74.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lafayette County: 40.9 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,369 ±$3,425 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lafayette County: $35,510 ±$1,720
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$81,750 ±$27,536 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lafayette County: $79,091 ±$5,403
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

11.5% ±5.6% (657  ±326) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lafayette County: 9.7% † 3,161 (±1.6% / ±511)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

26.9 minutes ±3.8 (64,690  ±14,332) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 26 372,955 (±1.1 / ±25,001)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

2,281 ±239 Number of households
  • Lafayette County: 12,438 ±349
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.5 ±0 (5,705  ±601) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lafayette County: 2.6 32,324 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

5.8% ±4.4% (69  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lafayette County: 3.9% † 269 (±1.5% / ±105)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

2,528 ±261 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette County: 14,183 ±35
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$184,200 ±$19,598 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lafayette County: $200,300 ±$9,255
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

16.6% ±9.9% (961  ±580.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lafayette County: 16.2% † 5,252 (±2.9% / ±939.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

87.9% ±8.4% (3,383  ±491.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lafayette County: 90.8% 20,858 (±4% / ±939.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
24.5% ±6.3% (942  ±262.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lafayette County: 24.4% 5,609 (±2.2% / ±515.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

4% ±3.7% (234  ±218) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lafayette County: 2.5% 836
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

7% ±2.9% (288  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lafayette County: 8.7% † 2,198 (±1.3% / ±316)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
288 Total veterans ±121 288 Male ±121 N/A Female ±17

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