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Shoal Creek township, Newton County, MO

14,081 Population
45.5 square miles 309.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Newton County: 40.2 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,929 ±$4,888 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Newton County: $33,219 ±$1,546
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,531 ±$5,416 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Newton County: $66,301 ±$3,221
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.8% ±2.8% (1,342  ±386) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Newton County: 13.5% † 7,921 (±1.7% / ±1,022)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.3 minutes ±0.6 (96,660  ±10,377) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Newton County: 22.3 540,455 (±1 / ±31,598)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,279 ±418 Number of households
  • Newton County: 22,129 ±345
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (13,727  ±823) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Newton County: 2.7 58,855 (±0 / ±95)
  • 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

6.6% ±2.8% (182  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Newton County: 7.4% † 941 (±1.7% / ±218)
  • 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

6,217 ±406 Number of housing units
  • Newton County: 24,866 ±55
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$242,600 ±$12,576 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Newton County: $190,700 ±$12,568
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.2% ±2.9% (1,423  ±406.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Newton County: 13.9% † 8,233 (±1.8% / ±1,093.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.8% ±4.1% (9,074  ±728.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Newton County: 89.5% 36,401 (±3% / ±1,240)
  • about the same as 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)
35.1% ±3.6% (3,469  ±422.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Newton County: 23.5% 9,572 (±1.9% / ±754.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about the same as 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

3.5% ±1.2% (487  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Newton County: 4.6% 2,735
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.8% ±2.7% (1,175  ±300) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Newton County: 8.8% † 4,040 (±0.9% / ±431)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,175 Total veterans ±300 1,021 Male ±287 154 Female ±109

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