Box township, Cedar County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (76% naturalized citizens)
Box township: | 1.5% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
56% of Box township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4368
- Northeast: 53
- Midwest: 687
- South: 507
- West: 359
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $36,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Box township, Missouri:
- 100 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,279
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 146
- 5 to 9: 51
- 10 to 19: 10
- 50 or more: 9
- Mobile homes: 336
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,100
Housing units in Box township with a mortgage: 638 (30 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 706
- Construction (15%)
- Health care (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Apparel (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Box township:
- United States or American (28.7%)
- German (18.7%)
- Irish (14.2%)
- English (11.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (35%)
- Turkey (24%)
- Hungary (13%)
- Canada (11%)
- Korea (9%)
- Guatemala (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,746 (78%)
- Carpooled: 337 (15%)
- Taxi: 12 (1%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 47 (2%)
- Other means: 26 (1%)
- Worked at home: 73 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (3%)
People in group quarters in Box township, Missouri:
- 100 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 8 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
96.7% of residents of Box township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (34% speak English very well, 66% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (39% speak English very well, 61% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,928- In family households: 5,020 (1,305 male householders, 368 female householders)
1,396 spouses, 1,756 children (1,552 natural, 47 adopted, 157 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 38 parents, 44 other relatives, 69 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 908 (287 male householders (237 living alone)), 541 female householders (507 living alone)), 80 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 134 (127 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 829 2-persons, 339 3-persons, 298 4-persons, 144 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 744 1-person, 84 2-persons,
1,031 married couples with children.
377 single-parent households (89 men, 288 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 56
Here: | 7.5% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 28
Here: | 8.9% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
Here: | 30.1% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |