Pierce township, Texas County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Pierce township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
80% of Pierce township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 339
- Northeast: 47
- Midwest: 68
- South: 64
- West: 46
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 186
- Mobile homes: 88
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,100
Housing units in Pierce township with a mortgage: 36 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 14
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Wood products (15%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Construction laborers (9%)
- Woodworkers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Legal support workers (8%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (7%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pierce township:
- United States or American (27.7%)
- English (22.3%)
- German (15.8%)
- Irish (14.7%)
- Polish (4.8%)
- Russian (2.4%)
- Swedish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (58%)
- Germany (42%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 160 (75%)
- Carpooled: 26 (12%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 21 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Wood (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Electricity (5%)
95.6% of residents of Pierce township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 576- In family households: 516 (145 male householders, 22 female householders)
143 spouses, 191 children (174 natural, 9 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 60 (22 male householders (22 living alone)), 34 female householders (30 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 88 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 52 1-person, 4 2-persons,
97 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (8 men, 9 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 56.9% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 50.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |