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Pierce township, Lawrence County, MO

6,435 Population
39.9 square miles 161.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 38.8 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,706 ±$2,509 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lawrence County: $28,600 ±$1,129
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,130 ±$8,348 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lawrence County: $61,215 ±$4,968
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.3% ±6.5% (1,154  ±412) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 14.5% † 5,470 (±2.2% / ±825)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.2 minutes ±3.3 (52,385  ±11,012) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 25 379,305 (±1.6 / ±29,872)
  • 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

2,435 ±227 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 14,602 ±339
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (6,407  ±307) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lawrence County: 2.6 37,971 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • 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

2% ±1.9% (28  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lawrence County: 3.5% † 288 (±1.3% / ±103)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,601 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 16,303 ±39
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$168,700 ±$8,529 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Lawrence County: $175,100 ±$12,361
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.8% ±4.2% (567  ±271.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lawrence County: 14.4% † 5,501 (±2.6% / ±975.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.7% ±6.9% (3,535  ±385.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lawrence County: 87.3% 22,471 (±3.5% / ±908.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.8% ±3.3% (562  ±141) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lawrence County: 16.9% 4,346 (±1.7% / ±432.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about two-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

9.7% ±3.3% (624  ±216) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lawrence County: 3.5% 1,335
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±2.5% (241  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lawrence County: 6.8% † 1,943 (±1% / ±282)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
241 Total veterans ±108 235 Male ±107 6 Female ±7

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