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Shirley township, Ripley County, MO

352 Population
65.1 square miles 5.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ripley County: 40.7 ±0.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,064 ±$5,958 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Ripley County: $22,674 ±$1,708
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$32,656 ±$16,192 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ripley County: $42,037 † ±$5,005
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

35.2% ±13.8% (124  ±60) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ripley County: 24.8% † 2,624 (±4.7% / ±499)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27 minutes ±7.1 (3,835  ±1,900) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ripley County: 34.8 125,905 (±3.4 / ±15,724)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

159 ±45 Number of households
  • Ripley County: 4,002 ±208
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (352  ±100) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ripley County: 2.7 10,597 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

228 ±54 Number of housing units
  • Ripley County: 5,168 ±46
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$136,000 ±$56,450 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ripley County: $119,600 † ±$12,411
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.2% ±8.6% (29  ±31.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ripley County: 13.4% † 1,415 (±4% / ±425.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

69.3% ±9.9% (174  ±58.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ripley County: 82.6% 6,104 (±5.8% / ±431.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
8.4% ±11.7% (21  ±30.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ripley County: 12.6% † 929 (±2.5% / ±181.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about one-quarter 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.8% ±3.5% (14  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Ripley County: 9.2% † 744 (±1.9% / ±150)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
14 Total veterans ±11 14 Male ±11 N/A Female ±12

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