Wood township, Wright County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 65.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,409 (all rural)
Males: 729 | (51.7%) |
Females: 680 | (48.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,409 (1,194 owner occupied, 215 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 15% |
State: | 30% |
Races in Wood township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.2%
- Black: 0.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.7%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 38.1
Median age of females: 38.9
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Average household size: 2.68
Wood township: | 2.7 people |
Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.99
Wood township: | $28,374 |
Missouri: | $46,931 |
Here: | $357 |
State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $84,295 (it was $65,600 in 2000)
: | $84,295 |
Missouri: | $133,200 |
Population density: 21 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 18.9% |
Whole state: | 11.7% |
This township: | 8.6% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Wood township include: Oak Grove Church (A), Fairview Church (B), Friendship Baptist Church (C), Rock Chapel (D), Morning Sun Church (E), Mountain Valley Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Mountain Valley Cemetery (1), Helum Cemetery (2), Absher Cemetery (3), Raney Cemetery (4), Hillcrest Cemetery (5), Willow Springs Cemetery (6), Friendship Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Casebeer Lake (A), Porter Lake (B), Doril Leascher Lake (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: East Whetstone Creek (A), Dake Creek (B), Absher Prong (C), Williams Branch (D), Van Zant Creek (E), Raney Branch (F), Plemmons Branch (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
61% of Wood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 927
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 204
- South: 94
- West: 109
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 394
- One, attached: 6
- 3 or 4: 6
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 149
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,100
Housing units in Wood township with a mortgage: 29 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 81
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Construction (14%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wood township:
- United States or American (35.5%)
- English (18.1%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- German (7.0%)
- European (6.6%)
- Polish (4.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 425 (71%)
- Carpooled: 80 (13%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 79 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Wood (32%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Utility gas (4%)
98.5% of residents of Wood township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,351- In family households: 1,230 (381 male householders, 44 female householders)
340 spouses, 416 children (380 natural, 0 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 4 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 121 (43 male householders (32 living alone)), 65 female householders (62 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 241 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 46 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 28 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 94 1-person, 14 2-persons,
333 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (10 men, 35 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): 4
Here: | 5.0% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |