Vernon township, Clark County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 9.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.3 sq. mi.
Population: 192 (all rural)
Males: 97 | (50.5%) |
Females: 95 | (49.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 192 (154 owner occupied, 38 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 20% |
State: | 30% |
Races in Vernon township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- Black: 1.0%
Median age of males: 40.0
Median age of females: 37.5
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Average household size: 2.43
Vernon township: | 2.4 people |
Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.94
Vernon township: | $39,823 |
Missouri: | $46,931 |
Here: | $330 |
State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $69,322 (it was $52,700 in 2000)
: | $69,322 |
Missouri: | $133,200 |
Population density: 19 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 5.2% |
Whole state: | 11.7% |
This township: | 4.3% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Alexandria.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Lake: Silver Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Rivers and creeks: Fox River (A), Honey Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
45% of Vernon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 8% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 28
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 188
- South: 2
- West: 14
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 41
- Mobile homes: 38
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,900
Housing units in Vernon township with a mortgage: 15 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16
- Transportation equipment (24%)
- Plastics and rubber products (16%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Wood products (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (7%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (19%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Vending machine operators (10%)
- U. S. Postal service (10%)
- Personal and laundry services (10%)
- Construction (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (22%)
- Engineers (20%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Painters and paperhangers (4%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Transportation, tourism, and lodging attendants (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vernon township:
- German (27.9%)
- Irish (27.1%)
- French (except Basque) (19.4%)
- United States or American (14.0%)
- English (4.7%)
- Dutch West Indian (2.3%)
- Welsh (1.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 72 (95%)
- Carpooled: 1 (1%)
- Walked: 3 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Electricity (7%)
98.6% of residents of Vernon township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 232- In family households: 222 (69 male householders, 2 female householders)
67 spouses, 70 children (64 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 10 (4 male householders (4 living alone)), 6 female householders (6 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 31 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 17 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 10 1-person,
35 married couples with children.
6 single-parent households (3 men, 3 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): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 100.0% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |