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Dawson township, Phelps County, MO

659 Population
40.9 square miles 16.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.6 ±17.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Phelps County: 35.8 ±0.3
  • 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

$53,774 ±$31,062 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Phelps County: $30,712 ±$1,424
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,591 ±$21,836 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Phelps County: $58,396 ±$3,528
  • about the same as the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.6% ±5.5% (24  ±37) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Phelps County: 16.8% † 7,070 (±1.9% / ±812)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.3 minutes ±6.7 (8,245  ±3,983) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Phelps County: 19.1 337,385 (±1.4 / ±27,701)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

262 ±75 Number of households
  • Phelps County: 17,329 ±427
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.5 (659  ±232) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Phelps County: 2.4 42,130 (±0.1 / ±60)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.9% ±22.9% (2  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Phelps County: 4.2% † 409 (±1.8% / ±173)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

302 ±89 Number of housing units
  • Phelps County: 20,295 ±39
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$237,500 ±$40,224 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Phelps County: $206,500 ±$10,558
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.6% ±10.9% (76  ±76.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Phelps County: 18.6% † 8,335 (±2% / ±876.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±35.5% (444  ±118.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Phelps County: 90% 25,684 (±3.7% / ±1,086.1)
  • 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)
23.7% ±9.5% (123  ±63.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Phelps County: 32.4% 9,228 (±2.2% / ±631)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.2% ±2.1% (8  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Phelps County: 4.2% 1,903
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±4.3% (43  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Phelps County: 8.5% † 3,026 (±1% / ±351)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
43 Total veterans ±27 43 Male ±27 N/A Female ±12

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