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Clay township, Shelby County, MO

1,325 Population
52.8 square miles 25.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±6.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Shelby County: 42.7 ±1.2
  • 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

$23,981 ±$4,793 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $29,637 ±$2,939
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$36,012 ±$7,745 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Shelby County: $51,594 † ±$5,271
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.6% ±6.6% (218  ±91) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 15.9% † 915 (±3.6% / ±207)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.8 minutes ±4.2 (11,825  ±3,215) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 21.1 49,200 (±1.9 / ±5,797)
  • about the same as the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

515 ±81 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 2,391 ±111
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (1,235  ±221) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 2.4 5,765 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • 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

8.4% ±6.7% (23  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Shelby County: 6% † 71 (±3% / ±35)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

592 ±77 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 2,950 ±23
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$86,400 ±$14,967 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Shelby County: $99,900 † ±$13,404
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.2% ±3.6% (95  ±49.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 8.3% † 492 (±2.4% / ±142.8)
  • about three-fifths of 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

88.3% ±19.6% (730  ±113.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 90.4% 3,718 (±6% / ±249)
  • 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)
17.9% ±6.3% (148  ±57.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Shelby County: 18.5% † 762 (±2.9% / ±121)
  • 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

0.5% ±0.5% (6  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Shelby County: 1.3% 76
  • about 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

9.2% ±4.5% (91  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Shelby County: 9.7% † 440 (±2.1% / ±96)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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)
91 Total veterans ±47 91 Male ±47 N/A Female ±12

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