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Salt River township, Shelby County, MO

2,086 Population
57.8 square miles 36.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 42.7 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,314 ±$4,875 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Shelby County: $29,637 ±$2,939
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,434 ±$9,934 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Shelby County: $51,594 † ±$5,271
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.2% ±6.1% (325  ±129) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 15.9% † 915 (±3.6% / ±207)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.5 minutes ±3.1 (16,810  ±3,908) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Shelby County: 21.1 49,200 (±1.9 / ±5,797)
  • about 80 percent 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

819 ±80 Number of households
  • Shelby County: 2,391 ±111
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (2,020  ±249) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Shelby County: 2.4 5,765 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±4.8% (25  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 6% † 71 (±3% / ±35)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,015 ±85 Number of housing units
  • Shelby County: 2,950 ±23
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$101,900 ±$16,802 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Shelby County: $99,900 † ±$13,404
  • 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% ±4.6% (141  ±95.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 8.3% † 492 (±2.4% / ±142.8)
  • 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

93.5% ±8% (1,388  ±188) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Shelby County: 90.4% 3,718 (±6% / ±249)
  • 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)
18.9% ±5.7% (280  ±89.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Shelby County: 18.5% † 762 (±2.9% / ±121)
  • about three-fifths of 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

3.1% ±2.2% (64  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Shelby County: 1.3% 76
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±2.4% (101  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Shelby County: 9.7% † 440 (±2.1% / ±96)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
101 Total veterans ±40 96 Male ±37 5 Female ±8

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