Rocky Fork township, Boone County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (83% naturalized citizens)
Rocky Fork township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
55% of Rocky Fork township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5611
- Northeast: 134
- Midwest: 858
- South: 434
- West: 304
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
17 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
5 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,075
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 69
- 3 or 4: 231
- 5 to 9: 36
- Mobile homes: 579
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,100
Housing units in Rocky Fork township with a mortgage: 928 (48 second mortgage, 78 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 267
- Construction (23%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Health care (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (19%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rocky Fork township:
- German (26.6%)
- United States or American (21.5%)
- English (13.2%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
- European (2.1%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (46%)
- Netherlands (17%)
- Guyana (14%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,097 (80%)
- Carpooled: 609 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (1%)
- Worked at home: 128 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Wood (3%)
17 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
5 people in other group homes
97.0% of residents of Rocky Fork township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,438- In family households: 6,547 (1,715 male householders, 409 female householders)
1,708 spouses, 2,294 children (2,076 natural, 29 adopted, 189 stepchildren), 115 grandchildren, 42 brothers or sisters, 59 parents, 53 other relatives, 152 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 891 (285 male householders (195 living alone)), 398 female householders (343 living alone)), 208 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 22 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 928 2-persons, 484 3-persons, 450 4-persons, 197 5-persons, 38 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 538 1-person, 113 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
1,424 married couples with children.
452 single-parent households (105 men, 347 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40
Here: | 3.8% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
Here: | 4.0% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 111
Here: | 41.7% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |