Van Buren township, Wright County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (82% naturalized citizens)
Van Buren township: | 1.8% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
71% of Van Buren township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 438
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 71
- South: 84
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 209
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 59
Median worth of mobile homes: $53,200
Housing units in Van Buren township with a mortgage: 16 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Gasoline stations (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (18%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Van Buren township:
- United States or American (27.2%)
- German (16.2%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- English (5.6%)
- Dutch (4.0%)
- Polish (2.2%)
- Italian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (45%)
- United Kingdom (18%)
- Japan (18%)
- Philippines (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 177 (60%)
- Carpooled: 41 (14%)
- Walked: 14 (5%)
- Worked at home: 62 (21%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Wood (28%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.4% of residents of Van Buren township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% 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 very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 678- In family households: 637 (185 male householders, 18 female householders)
178 spouses, 219 children (213 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 41 (29 male householders (29 living alone)), 11 female householders (10 living alone)), 1 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 78 2-persons, 70 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 39 1-person, 1 2-persons,
137 married couples with children.
17 single-parent households (6 men, 11 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): 2
Here: | 3.0% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |