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Benton township, Wayne County, MO

4,183 Population
63.1 square miles 66.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 48.6 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,410 ±$3,219 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $24,204 ±$1,788
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,572 ±$4,946 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $47,226 ±$4,530
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

39.6% ±13.7% (1,624  ±597) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 25.7% † 2,741 (±6.1% / ±653)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±5.6 (32,050  ±9,543) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 29 106,730 (±2.8 / ±13,819)
  • 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

1,633 ±183 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 4,623 ±296
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (4,111  ±493) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 2.3 10,675 (±0.2 / ±11)
  • 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

10.4% ±8.6% (90  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 6.6% † 127 (±4.1% / ±78)
  • about double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,957 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 6,119 ±35
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$116,200 ±$34,458 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $107,400 † ±$11,308
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.4% ±7.3% (714  ±311.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 15.5% † 1,662 (±4.3% / ±462.5)
  • 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

86.6% ±6.5% (2,383  ±310.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 81.7% 6,573 (±5.8% / ±466.1)
  • a little less than 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)
17.3% ±4.4% (476  ±131.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wayne County: 12.7% † 1,021 (±2.6% / ±207.7)
  • 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

0.7% ±0.6% (27  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 0.6% 66
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±2.5% (220  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wayne County: 9.2% † 805 (±1.4% / ±121)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
220 Total veterans ±81 220 Male ±81 N/A Female ±12

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