Mooney township, Polk County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (60% naturalized citizens)
Mooney township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
64% of Mooney township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2239
- Northeast: 66
- Midwest: 258
- South: 184
- West: 125
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 821
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 27
- Mobile homes: 311
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,600
Housing units in Mooney township with a mortgage: 247 (11 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 103
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Repair and maintenance (10%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mooney township:
- United States or American (22.2%)
- German (19.6%)
- Irish (13.7%)
- European (10.4%)
- English (5.5%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (40%)
- Canada (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,063 (73%)
- Carpooled: 261 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 28 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 92 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Wood (13%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
97.4% of residents of Mooney township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,892- In family households: 2,614 (695 male householders, 113 female householders)
690 spouses, 980 children (863 natural, 28 adopted, 89 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 30 other relatives, 61 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 278 (95 male householders (73 living alone)), 137 female householders (116 living alone)), 46 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 313 2-persons, 203 3-persons, 175 4-persons, 84 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 189 1-person, 40 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
574 married couples with children.
174 single-parent households (47 men, 127 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
Here: | 6.3% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
Here: | 5.9% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 35
Here: | 53.8% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |