Buck Prairie township, Lawrence County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Buck Prairie township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
62% of Buck Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1515
- Northeast: 86
- Midwest: 120
- South: 203
- West: 46
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
106 people in nursing homes
6 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 720
Housing units in Buck Prairie township with a mortgage: 450 (64 second mortgage, 81 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 108
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Leather and allied products (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (3%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Buck Prairie township:
- German (39.3%)
- English (10.9%)
- United States or American (10.5%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Italian (5.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (81%)
- Mexico (19%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 932 (82%)
- Carpooled: 91 (8%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 102 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Utility gas (18%)
- Other fuel (4%)
106 people in nursing homes
6 people in religious group quarters
97.4% of residents of Buck Prairie township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 69% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,993- In family households: 1,869 (520 male householders, 99 female householders)
549 spouses, 602 children (559 natural, 0 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 13 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 124 (54 male householders (42 living alone)), 38 female householders (31 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 254 2-persons, 171 3-persons, 144 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 22 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 73 1-person, 17 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
672 married couples with children.
228 single-parent households (75 men, 153 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 46
| Here: | 18.8% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 34
| Here: | 27.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |