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Ruth A township, Stone County, MO

4,956 Population
58.2 square miles 85.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Stone County: 54.6 ±0.3
  • 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

$30,085 ±$2,776 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Stone County: $35,448 ±$1,583
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,250 ±$6,882 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Stone County: $63,520 ±$2,592
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15% ±5% (739  ±260) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Stone County: 13.9% † 4,400 (±1.6% / ±520)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.8 minutes ±1.3 (54,315  ±12,377) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Stone County: 27.1 294,780 (±1.2 / ±21,434)
  • about 10 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

1,902 ±219 Number of households
  • Stone County: 13,530 ±458
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (4,956  ±518) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Stone County: 2.3 31,727 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±3% (37  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Stone County: 4.6% † 240 (±1.6% / ±84)
  • 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

2,168 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Stone County: 20,464 ±34
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$203,600 ±$35,275 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Stone County: $249,000 ±$13,766
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.6% ±8.1% (866  ±406.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Stone County: 11.9% † 3,777 (±2% / ±635.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.9% ±16.7% (3,242  ±415.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Stone County: 91.9% 22,935 (±3.5% / ±879.7)
  • 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)
22.6% ±3.9% (796  ±170.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Stone County: 24.8% 6,202 (±1.8% / ±459)
  • 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

1.2% ±0.9% (57  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Stone County: 1.2% 395
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±2.3% (285  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Stone County: 11.1% 2,950 (±1.1% / ±285)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
285 Total veterans ±97 275 Male ±98 10 Female ±12

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