La Belle township, Lewis County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| La Belle township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
59% of La Belle township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 872
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 750
- South: 46
- West: 44
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
100 people in nursing homes
17 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 537
- One, attached: 4
- 3 or 4: 61
- 10 to 19: 15
- 20 to 49: 3
- Mobile homes: 185
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,300
Housing units in La Belle township with a mortgage: 129 (0 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 199
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (15%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (30%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Computer and electronic products (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in La Belle township:
- United States or American (26.2%)
- German (25.5%)
- English (13.4%)
- Irish (11.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Austria (33%)
- Germany (33%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 555 (78%)
- Carpooled: 98 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 20 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 37 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (6%)
100 people in nursing homes
17 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.1% of residents of La Belle township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,605- In family households: 1,306 (351 male householders, 93 female householders)
354 spouses, 438 children (421 natural, 2 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 16 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 299 (89 male householders (68 living alone)), 154 female householders (141 living alone)), 56 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 118 (101 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 197 2-persons, 131 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 209 1-person, 27 2-persons, 7 4-persons,
260 married couples with children.
110 single-parent households (38 men, 72 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 13.4% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 44.4% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |