La Plata township, Macon County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 33.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 1,731 (all rural)
Males: 785 | (45.3%) |
Females: 946 | (54.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,682 (1,182 owner occupied, 500 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 30% |
State: | 30% |
Races in La Plata township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.5%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 41.2
Median age of females: 44.1
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Average household size: 2.29
La Plata township: | 2.3 people |
Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.90
La Plata township: | $38,079 |
Missouri: | $46,931 |
Here: | $321 |
State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $81,281 (it was $61,300 in 2000)
: | $81,281 |
Missouri: | $133,200 |
Population density: 52 people per square mile | (average). |
Cities in this township include: La Plata.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Hardgrove Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoirs: Santa Fe Lake (A), Laplata Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Titus Creek (A), Willow Branch (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
100% of La Plata township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 61
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 0
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
49 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 18
Housing units in La Plata township with a mortgage: 5 (5 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0
- Construction (28%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in La Plata township:
- German (58.2%)
- United States or American (21.8%)
- Norwegian (20.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 11 (30%)
- Worked at home: 26 (70%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
49 people in nursing homes
93.4% of residents of La Plata township speak English at home.
6.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 61- In family households: 61 (18 male householders, 0 female householders)
16 spouses, 27 children (27 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 0 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 7 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
289 married couples with children.
103 single-parent households (19 men, 84 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |