Polk township, DeKalb County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (91% naturalized citizens)
Polk township: | 1.4% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
68% of Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 685
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 62
- South: 26
- West: 30
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 303
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 1
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Polk township with a mortgage: 89 (2 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polk township:
- German (27.4%)
- United States or American (17.5%)
- English (15.1%)
- Irish (12.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- Swedish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (36%)
- Philippines (36%)
- Mexico (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 305 (75%)
- Carpooled: 65 (16%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 26 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
99.1% of residents of Polk township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 823- In family households: 696 (183 male householders, 44 female householders)
206 spouses, 255 children (228 natural, 0 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 127 (52 male householders (37 living alone)), 55 female householders (54 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 108 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 56 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 91 1-person, 13 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
184 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (8 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 5.3% |
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: 2
Here: | 11.1% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |