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Lost Creek township, Wayne County, MO

1,926 Population
75.1 square miles 25.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 48.6 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,564 ±$4,675 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wayne County: $24,204 ±$1,788
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,775 ±$22,774 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wayne County: $47,226 ±$4,530
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.6% ±8.7% (338  ±180) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wayne County: 25.7% † 2,741 (±6.1% / ±653)
  • 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)

31.8 minutes ±4.9 (22,590  ±7,278) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 29 106,730 (±2.8 / ±13,819)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

870 ±149 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 4,623 ±296
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (1,916  ±380) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wayne County: 2.3 10,675 (±0.2 / ±11)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,280 ±193 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 6,119 ±35
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$105,400 ±$18,587 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as 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

19.3% ±10.8% (371  ±221.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 15.5% † 1,662 (±4.3% / ±462.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

76.6% ±5% (1,242  ±247.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wayne County: 81.7% 6,573 (±5.8% / ±466.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
4.3% ±3.1% (70  ±51.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Wayne County: 12.7% † 1,021 (±2.6% / ±207.7)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about 10 percent 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

0.9% ±1.7% (18  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 0.6% 66
  • about one-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

9.3% ±4.4% (160  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 9.2% † 805 (±1.4% / ±121)
  • about 1.3 times 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)
160 Total veterans ±82 160 Male ±82 N/A Female ±12

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