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Van Buren township, Wright County, MO

486 Population
54.4 square miles 8.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.8 ±12.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wright County: 41.1 ±1.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,123 ±$14,485 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wright County: $25,681 ±$1,589
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,630 ±$15,134 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wright County: $47,909 ±$4,190
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

37.9% ±45.8% (184  ±246) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Wright County: 18.8% † 3,493 (±3.7% / ±688)
  • 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)

26.9 minutes ±30 (2,070  ±1,563) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wright County: 29.6 † 199,920 (±3.1 / ±24,494)
  • 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

176 ±75 Number of households
  • Wright County: 7,187 ±263
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±1 (486  ±276) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wright County: 2.6 18,784 (±0.1 / ±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

12.5% ±17.7% (9  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wright County: 8.9% † 355 (±4.1% / ±165)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

274 ±89 Number of housing units
  • Wright County: 8,367 ±46
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$188,500 ±$153,301 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wright County: $160,100 † ±$27,391
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.4% ±7.4% (31  ±39.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wright County: 7.1% † 1,314 (±1.6% / ±299.6)
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.5% ±45.6% (306  ±106.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wright County: 84.3% 10,592 (±5.6% / ±707.4)
  • 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)
7.7% ±12.1% (28  ±45.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Wright County: 15.9% † 1,994 (±2.6% / ±326.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about one-fifth 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

N/A Foreign-born population

27.1% ±13.7% (98  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Wright County: 12.6% † 1,776 (±2.2% / ±308)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
98 Total veterans ±64 98 Male ±64 N/A Female ±12

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