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Prairie township, Pettis County, MO

2,480 Population
35.9 square miles 69.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pettis County: 38.2 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,528 ±$8,642 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pettis County: $30,640 ±$1,385
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$121,484 ±$44,105 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Pettis County: $60,430 ±$3,404
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.1% ±1.3% (27  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pettis County: 15.6% † 6,649 (±1.9% / ±803)
  • 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)

17.9 minutes ±3.2 (17,240  ±5,139) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Pettis County: 18.7 343,970 (±0.7 / ±17,433)
  • 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

901 ±164 Number of households
  • Pettis County: 16,996 ±294
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.3 (2,480  ±503) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pettis County: 2.5 42,448 (±0 / ±18)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.8% ±10.8% (49  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pettis County: 6.9% † 657 (±1.9% / ±178)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

990 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Pettis County: 18,673 ±32
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$316,600 ±$37,922 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Pettis County: $166,300 ±$6,260
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±9% (251  ±225) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pettis County: 11.3% † 4,850 (±1.8% / ±787.6)
  • 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

98.9% ±5.5% (1,541  ±266.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pettis County: 87.6% 25,287 (±3.4% / ±979.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
38.3% ±9.4% (597  ±175.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Pettis County: 18.4% 5,316 (±1.7% / ±486.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

9.2% ±5.3% (228  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pettis County: 7.2% 3,135
  • about double the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.2% ±4.7% (180  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pettis County: 9.1% 2,937 (±0.9% / ±277)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
180 Total veterans ±80 161 Male ±70 19 Female ±20

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