Yellow Creek TownshipMO
352 residents make their home in this town in Missouri.
Is Yellow Creek Township a good place to live?
Only one of the 248 Missouri towns we compare has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Yellow Creek Township. The biggest park or preserve is Brookfield City Lake, at 128 acres. Yellow Creek Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
352 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Yellow Creek Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Yellow Creek Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Yellow Creek Township.
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Yellow Creek Township’s workers commute out
For Yellow Creek Township, the typical journey to work is 21 minutes. Most working residents leave Yellow Creek Township for work: only 2% work in town. 16% of residents live below the poverty line here, above both the Missouri town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). The top destinations are Brookfield (28%), Marceline (10%) and Kirksville (5%).
| Yellow Creek Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 13% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 14% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer middle-aged adults than Missouri overall
Missouri has 32% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 26%. Adults 35 to 64 are 26% of residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 29% of residents (22% statewide).
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 37% and 65% women
The Census survey reached too few of Yellow Creek Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±13.9 points. Across Missouri, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Yellow Creek Township | MO | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.7% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.4% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 21.1% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 5.4% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.6% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.3% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.5% | 10.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.1% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0.7% | 8.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.6% | 30.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.5% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.9% | 8.4% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 5.6% | 19.8% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.7% | 12.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 400, single groups can be off by several points
Yellow Creek Township: four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 18°, with about 19 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Yellow Creek Township is
Two figures for adults in Yellow Creek Township: 33% get no exercise outside work, 40% have high blood pressure. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Yellow Creek Township is ahead of Missouri on 1 and behind on 9. Among adults here, 17% report frequent physical distress. 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in the town, against 17% in Missouri’s towns and 14% across U.S. towns.
| Yellow Creek Township | Missouri towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Yellow Creek Township | MO |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.4% | 77.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.7% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Yellow Creek Township has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Expected losses in Yellow Creek Township break down as 43% from inland flooding and 23% from tornadoes. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Yellow Creek Township after 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2019. Also worth knowing: for Yellow Creek Township, the FEMA risk score is 46 of 100.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.5% of the land in Yellow Creek Township is protected from building
Across 1 park or preserve: 1.1 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Brookfield City Lake | — | 128 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Yellow Creek Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Yellow Creek Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Yellow Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Missouri.
98% of working residents leave Yellow Creek Township for work
Where Yellow Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Yellow Creek Township
Township in Missouri, U.S.
Yellow Creek Township is a township in southern Linn County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The township is named after the stream called Yellow Creek, a tributary of the Grand River.
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Questions about Yellow Creek Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Yellow Creek Township, MO a good place to live?
Yellow Creek Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.