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Long Prairie township, Mississippi County, MO

1,205 Population
37 square miles 32.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi County: 41.1 ±1.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,548 ±$6,212 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mississippi County: $24,081 ±$1,589
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,625 ±$5,924 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi County: $48,160 † ±$7,079
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±6.8% (137  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi County: 19% † 2,002 (±3.9% / ±412)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24 minutes ±9.6 (11,160  ±3,092) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi County: 21.1 † 88,875 (±2.2 / ±11,330)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

578 ±111 Number of households
  • Mississippi County: 4,482 ±158
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.5 (1,155  ±186) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi County: 2.3 10,509 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.9% ±3.1% (8  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi County: 3.4% † 80 (±2.6% / ±62)
  • about half 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

680 ±111 Number of housing units
  • Mississippi County: 5,272 ±27
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$117,500 ±$21,434 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi County: $109,000 ±$8,462
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.4% ±3.7% (89  ±46.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi County: 11.4% † 1,348 (±2.8% / ±330)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.7% ±8.3% (781  ±148.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi County: 83.6% 6,873 (±5.5% / ±455.5)
  • about 90 percent of 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)
14.3% ±6.6% (132  ±64.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi County: 14.7% † 1,211 (±2.7% / ±225.7)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

10% ±3% (101  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi County: 6.1% † 564 (±1.3% / ±115)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
101 Total veterans ±35 75 Male ±37 26 Female ±21

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