Centralia township, Boone County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (17% naturalized citizens)
Centralia township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
57% of Centralia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3515
- Northeast: 43
- Midwest: 616
- South: 286
- West: 144
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
81 people in nursing homes
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,569
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 47
- 3 or 4: 180
- 5 to 9: 17
- Mobile homes: 164
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,800
Housing units in Centralia township with a mortgage: 693 (104 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 407
- Construction (11%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Construction laborers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Centralia township:
- United States or American (35.0%)
- German (21.8%)
- English (10.1%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
- European (3.1%)
- Norwegian (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Cambodia (39%)
- Canada (37%)
- Thailand (24%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,764 (82%)
- Carpooled: 253 (12%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 34 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 94 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (3%)
81 people in nursing homes
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.4% of residents of Centralia township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,590- In family households: 4,029 (1,061 male householders, 268 female householders)
1,111 spouses, 1,474 children (1,320 natural, 35 adopted, 119 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 4 other relatives, 82 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 561 (186 male householders (180 living alone)), 318 female householders (276 living alone)), 57 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 84 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 598 2-persons, 302 3-persons, 291 4-persons, 102 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 456 1-person, 42 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
937 married couples with children.
289 single-parent households (54 men, 235 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
Here: | 6.2% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 22
Here: | 8.1% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 34
Here: | 30.6% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |