Big Creek township, Cass County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 34.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.5 sq. mi.
Population: 3,399 (59% urban, 41% rural)
| Males: 1,678 |  (49.4%) |
| Females: 1,721 |  (50.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 3,399 (3,274 owner occupied, 125 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 4% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Big Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.6%
- Black: 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.1%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 41.3
Median age of females: 41.0
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Average household size: 2.78
| Big Creek township: | 2.8 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.99
| Big Creek township: | $64,144 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $728 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $157,500 (it was $104,600 in 2000)
| : | $157,500 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 97 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 10.7% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Lake Winnebago.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Big Creek township: Dogwood Energy Facility (A), Lone Star School (B), South Metropolitan Fire District House 2 (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Big Creek township include: Hickory Grove Church (A), Bethany Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Union Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoirs: Rock Island Lake (A), Franklin Lakes (B), Harrisonville City Lake (C), Pleasant Hill Lake (D), Uhlmann Lake (E), Swan Lake (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: East Branch (A), Wilson Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
77% of Big Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 431
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 41
- South: 2
- West: 15
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 246
- 3 or 4: 2
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $70,000
Housing units in Big Creek township with a mortgage: 71 (10 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 25
- Construction (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (13%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other financial specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Big Creek township:
- Norwegian (41.3%)
- German (25.2%)
- Irish (6.9%)
- Swedish (6.0%)
- Danish (5.8%)
- Czech (5.1%)
- Polish (2.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 161 (67%)
- Carpooled: 36 (15%)
- Walked: 7 (3%)
- Worked at home: 36 (15%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (56%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Utility gas (16%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (2%)
98.0% of residents of Big Creek township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 489- In family households: 446 (136 male householders, 8 female householders)
134 spouses, 146 children (140 natural, 5 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 43 (27 male householders (25 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 77 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 37 1-person, 2 3-persons,
754 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (32 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 21.1% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |