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Lexington township, Lafayette County, MO

5,993 Population
79.5 square miles 75.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lafayette County: 40.9 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,500 ±$3,736 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lafayette County: $36,530 ±$1,601
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,580 ±$15,531 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lafayette County: $80,612 ±$6,979
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.4% ±5.8% (782  ±348) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lafayette County: 9.3% † 3,031 (±1.7% / ±547)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.2 minutes ±3.8 (51,385  ±12,756) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lafayette County: 24.9 356,065 (±0.6 / ±18,718)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,370 ±268 Number of households
  • Lafayette County: 12,576 ±358
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.4 (5,818  ±625) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lafayette County: 2.6 32,464 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±5.4% (86  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lafayette County: 3.7% † 256 (±1.7% / ±118)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,615 ±305 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette County: 14,221 ±60
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$177,200 ±$21,047 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lafayette County: $216,500 ±$12,051
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±5.4% (746  ±330) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lafayette County: 15.1% † 4,966 (±2.5% / ±814.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.3% ±6.9% (3,560  ±492.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lafayette County: 91.6% 21,261 (±4.3% / ±996.9)
  • a little less than 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)
21.7% ±5.5% (865  ±242.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lafayette County: 26.2% † 6,084 (±2.7% / ±617.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about three-fifths 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

4% ±3.5% (241  ±208) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lafayette County: 2.3% 746
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±3.5% (330  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lafayette County: 9.5% † 2,415 (±1.6% / ±404)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
330 Total veterans ±154 330 Male ±154 N/A Female ±17

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