Wayland (Missouri)

Clark County

29-77920

Wayland is a town in Clark County in the northeast of the U.S. state of Missouri with a population of 425.

Geography

Wayland is located at 40 ° 23'43 " north latitude and 91 ° 34'55 " west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​0.7 km ², which consist exclusively of land area.

Wayland is located at the intersection of the states of Missouri, Iowa and Illinois. The town is located 13 km west of the Mississippi River, which forms the border to Illinois as well as 9 km south of the border to Iowa forming Des Moines River.

Wayland is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 136 to the Missouri State Route 27 Distance from Highway 136 to the west is to Keokuk in neighboring Iowa 20 km away. To the south there are to Quincy, Illinois 65 km away.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 425 was determined. These were distributed to 196 households in 111 families. The population density was 607.8 / km ². There were 220 ​​buildings, which corresponds to a site density of 314.6 / km ².

The population was in 2000 from 99.53 % White and 0.47 % said to be descended from at least two ethnic groups. 0.94 % of the population were Hispanics, belonged to different groups.

23.5% were under the age of 18, 9.9 % from 18 to 24, 22.1% 25-44, 24.0% from 45 to 64 and 20.5 % 65 and older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females were statistically 92.3 men in the over 18 -year-olds 89.0.

The average income per household was $ 19,034, the average family income is $ 25,179. Men's income averaged $ 23,750, and for women about $ 20,227. The per capita income amounted to $ 11,240. Around 15.9 % of families and 19.5 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.