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St. James township, Phelps County, MO

5,350 Population
34.8 square miles 153.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Phelps County: 36.2 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,231 ±$6,389 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Phelps County: $29,191 ±$1,433
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$52,408 ±$7,429 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Phelps County: $55,427 ±$3,157
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

16% ±8.6% (813  ±443) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Phelps County: 17.2% † 7,216 (±2% / ±819)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

23 minutes ±4.4 (42,805  ±10,887) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Phelps County: 20.4 352,175 (±1.5 / ±29,326)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

2,114 ±238 Number of households
  • Phelps County: 17,644 ±399
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.4 ±0.4 (5,077  ±520) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Phelps County: 2.4 41,869 (±0.1 / ±67)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

7.6% ±6.8% (79  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Phelps County: 4.2% † 408 (±1.6% / ±152)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

2,444 ±269 Number of housing units
  • Phelps County: 20,246 ±45
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$176,300 ±$68,931 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Phelps County: $194,900 ±$15,449
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

16% ±5.5% (853  ±306.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Phelps County: 18.3% † 8,158 (±2% / ±890.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

90.5% ±8.9% (3,342  ±464.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Phelps County: 91.6% 25,928 (±3.7% / ±1,059.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
24.4% ±5.4% (902  ±218.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Phelps County: 31.5% 8,929 (±2.2% / ±622.9)
  • 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

1.8% ±1.7% (97  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Phelps County: 4.3% 1,943
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

11.7% ±3.3% (467  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Phelps County: 9.2% † 3,260 (±1% / ±337)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
467 Total veterans ±137 446 Male ±130 21 Female ±31

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