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Polk township, Ray County, MO

4,720 Population
56.2 square miles 84 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ray County: 41.9 ±0.6
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,449 ±$14,374 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ray County: $38,510 ±$3,274
  • 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
$86,926 ±$11,333 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ray County: $74,573 ±$5,326
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.7% ±4.3% (500  ±205) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ray County: 12.6% † 2,877 (±2.3% / ±524)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.2 minutes ±3.5 (67,355  ±13,028) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Ray County: 34.3 328,180 (±2.6 / ±29,603)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,615 ±160 Number of households
  • Ray County: 9,116 ±171
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.4 (4,680  ±417) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ray County: 2.5 22,917 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±3.7% (36  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ray County: 5.2% † 243 (±1.8% / ±82)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,726 ±150 Number of housing units
  • Ray County: 9,931 ±43
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$266,000 ±$38,130 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ray County: $198,800 ±$13,993
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±4.8% (501  ±229.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Ray County: 10.5% † 2,417 (±1.9% / ±424.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±2.5% (2,915  ±335.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ray County: 89.7% 14,520 (±3.9% / ±634.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.6% ±3.8% (671  ±140.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ray County: 16.2% † 2,625 (±1.9% / ±303)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about three-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

0.3% ±0.4% (14  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ray County: 1.4% 326
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±2.5% (319  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ray County: 8.2% † 1,463 (±1.3% / ±225)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
319 Total veterans ±92 286 Male ±86 33 Female ±28

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