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Polk township, Sullivan County, MO

2,724 Population
62.7 square miles 43.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sullivan County: 44.1 ±0.8
  • 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

$26,733 ±$4,630 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sullivan County: $28,941 † ±$2,924
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,188 ±$4,499 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Sullivan County: $56,964 ±$4,179
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.7% ±6.4% (408  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sullivan County: 13.7% † 781 (±3.5% / ±199)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11 minutes ±2.5 (12,810  ±3,432) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Sullivan County: 19.6 † 48,045 (±2.9 / ±7,700)
  • about half the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

915 ±109 Number of households
  • Sullivan County: 2,040 ±123
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.4 (2,587  ±205) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Sullivan County: 2.8 5,720 (±0.2 / ±12)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.9% ±3% (18  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sullivan County: 2.7% † 31 (±1.9% / ±22)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,244 ±88 Number of housing units
  • Sullivan County: 3,010 ±27
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$94,700 ±$24,847 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sullivan County: $115,600 † ±$20,332
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.9% ±4.1% (216  ±112.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sullivan County: 7.2% † 421 (±2.4% / ±140.1)
  • about three-fifths 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

85.1% ±5.1% (1,576  ±186) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sullivan County: 88.2% 3,610 (±5.8% / ±242.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.9% ±4.6% (239  ±87.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sullivan County: 15.5% † 636 (±3% / ±122.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about one-third 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

20.4% ±3.4% (556  ±101) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Sullivan County: 10.5% 615
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±2.7% (107  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sullivan County: 6.6% † 298 (±1.5% / ±70)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
107 Total veterans ±56 104 Male ±56 3 Female ±5

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