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Benton township, Osage County, MO

1,110 Population
107.5 square miles 10.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±4.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Osage County: 40.8 ±0.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,314 ±$5,199 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Osage County: $41,107 † ±$7,153
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$61,250 ±$9,453 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Osage County: $75,355 ±$4,098
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

18.5% ±10.6% (202  ±123) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Osage County: 10.1% † 1,318 (±2.6% / ±340)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

28.7 minutes ±0.9 (12,875  ±3,276) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Osage County: 25 154,240 (±1.6 / ±12,071)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

475 ±80 Number of households
  • Osage County: 5,173 ±186
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.3 ±0.2 (1,110  ±216) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Osage County: 2.5 13,116 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

3.3% ±4.1% (7  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Osage County: 6.1% † 168 (±2.3% / ±63)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

667 ±105 Number of housing units
  • Osage County: 6,490 ±35
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$140,300 ±$49,868 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Osage County: $205,700 ±$12,254
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

8% ±3.7% (88  ±44) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Osage County: 8.5% † 1,121 (±1.8% / ±241.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

90.5% ±20.4% (744  ±110.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Osage County: 92% 8,332 (±5.1% / ±460.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
24.7% ±7.6% (203  ±71) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Osage County: 24.8% † 2,247 (±2.6% / ±237.1)
  • 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

0.1% ±0.2% (1  ±2) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Osage County: 0.2% 32
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

6.8% ±3.6% (58  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Osage County: 6.7% † 687 (±1.1% / ±108)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
58 Total veterans ±32 53 Male ±30 5 Female ±8

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