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Benton township, Webster County, MO

5,658 Population
37.4 square miles 151.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Webster County: 36.9 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,742 ±$4,579 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Webster County: $29,530 ±$1,914
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$60,707 ±$19,012 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Webster County: $69,731 ±$2,598
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

17.1% ±9.7% (962  ±551) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Webster County: 16.1% † 6,237 (±2.7% / ±1,031)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

27.9 minutes ±3.9 (73,095  ±14,236) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Webster County: 27.8 424,190 (±0.9 / ±24,344)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

2,195 ±239 Number of households
  • Webster County: 13,751 ±373
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.6 ±0.3 (5,658  ±437) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Webster County: 2.8 38,886 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

2.7% ±2.9% (38  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Webster County: 5.1% † 435 (±2.3% / ±192)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

2,414 ±249 Number of housing units
  • Webster County: 15,360 ±90
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$248,500 ±$32,440 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Webster County: $219,100 ±$10,735
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

22% ±8.8% (1,246  ±505.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Webster County: 12.4% † 4,915 (±2.1% / ±829.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

91.4% ±9.7% (3,418  ±496.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Webster County: 88.5% 22,766 (±4% / ±1,027.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
29.2% ±8.2% (1,094  ±323.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Webster County: 18.6% † 4,795 (±2.1% / ±543.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.6% ±1.8% (148  ±103) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Webster County: 1.4% 545
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

7.7% ±3.3% (314  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Webster County: 10.2% † 2,944 (±1.2% / ±333)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
314 Total veterans ±136 186 Male ±107 128 Female ±77

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