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Buffalo township, Pike County, MO

5,411 Population
95.4 square miles 56.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Pike County: 39.6 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,397 ±$2,685 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pike County: $28,004 ±$1,817
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$47,410 ±$5,406 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pike County: $54,989 † ±$5,518
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.1% ±4.9% (1,074  ±269) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pike County: 16% † 2,552 (±3.2% / ±512)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.1 minutes ±2 (36,830  ±6,766) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pike County: 22.7 145,890 (±1.3 / ±12,166)
  • 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

2,202 ±173 Number of households
  • Pike County: 6,424 ±228
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (5,359  ±373) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pike County: 2.5 15,971 (±0.1 / ±41)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±4.6% (83  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pike County: 5.6% † 183 (±2.4% / ±78)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,696 ±154 Number of housing units
  • Pike County: 7,620 ±28
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$102,200 ±$17,305 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pike County: $146,000 † ±$21,740
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±2.9% (368  ±154.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pike County: 9% † 1,580 (±1.4% / ±252.8)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88% ±5.8% (3,241  ±305.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pike County: 87.4% 10,825 (±3.8% / ±482.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.5% ±3.8% (606  ±145) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pike County: 16.6% † 2,060 (±1.9% / ±230.3)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about half 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

1.9% ±1.2% (100  ±65) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pike County: 1.5% 261
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±2.3% (271  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Pike County: 6.5% † 895 (±1.1% / ±153)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
271 Total veterans ±95 210 Male ±70 61 Female ±61

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