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Salem township, Perry County, MO

843 Population
47 square miles 17.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.5 ±6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Perry County: 42.2 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,653 ±$7,220 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Perry County: $35,632 ±$3,263
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,823 ±$10,606 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Perry County: $62,981 ±$3,485
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.1% ±1% (9  ±9) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Perry County: 13.9% † 2,570 (±2.9% / ±532)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±8.5 (11,880  ±6,609) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Perry County: 21.3 179,340 (±1.6 / ±16,171)
  • about 90 percent of 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

416 ±134 Number of households
  • Perry County: 7,525 ±184
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.9 (843  ±269) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Perry County: 2.5 18,655 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

434 ±139 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 8,552 ±50
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$170,600 ±$67,799 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Perry County: $188,200 ±$8,182
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.4% ±2.9% (12  ±25.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Perry County: 12.1% † 2,282 (±2.7% / ±506.5)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.2% ±33.7% (551  ±149.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perry County: 86.5% 11,426 (±4.5% / ±596.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.2% ±5.5% (100  ±51.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Perry County: 20.9% † 2,755 (±2.3% / ±304)
  • 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

10.4% ±6.4% (79  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Perry County: 8% † 1,167 (±1.4% / ±198)
  • about 1.4 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)
79 Total veterans ±55 79 Male ±55 N/A Female ±12

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