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Bethel township, Shelby County, MO

654 Population
53.7 square miles 12.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±5.2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Shelby County: 43.6 ±1.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,960 ±$9,623 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Shelby County: $28,270 ±$2,128
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$47,351 ±$16,568 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $52,127 ±$4,896
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

17.3% ±8.3% (108  ±62) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 15.6% † 902 (±3% / ±172)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

21.2 minutes ±6.4 (5,655  ±2,468) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 21 52,490 (±1.9 / ±5,660)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

229 ±77 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 2,374 ±94
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.6 ±1.2 (600  ±196) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 2.4 5,789 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

12.4% ±11.3% (17  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Shelby County: 7.5% † 88 (±3.1% / ±36)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

285 ±78 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 2,952 ±22
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$104,200 ±$74,694 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $86,200 ±$8,480
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

10% ±6.5% (64  ±46.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 9% † 527 (±2.5% / ±148.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

82.8% ±32.7% (313  ±79.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 90% 3,747 (±5.1% / ±217.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
18.8% ±9.1% (71  ±40.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Shelby County: 18% † 750 (±2.5% / ±105.5)
  • about three-fifths 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

8.6% ±6.7% (56  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Shelby County: 1.8% 107
  • about double the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

4.2% ±2.4% (17  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Shelby County: 8.1% † 371 (±1.5% / ±69)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
17 Total veterans ±11 17 Male ±11 N/A Female ±12

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