La Font township, New Madrid County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
La Font township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
63% of La Font township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 853
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 87
- South: 121
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 284
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 3
- Mobile homes: 162
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in La Font township with a mortgage: 69 (6 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 112
- Metal and metal products (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Construction (12%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (8%)
- Food (3%)
- Beverage and tobacco products (3%)
- Social assistance (15%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Gasoline stations (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Cashiers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Child care workers (9%)
- Personal appearance workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in La Font township:
- United States or American (20.9%)
- German (7.7%)
- Irish (4.7%)
- English (4.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.5%)
- Hungarian (4.0%)
- Scandinavian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (57%)
- Mexico (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 296 (78%)
- Carpooled: 53 (14%)
- Walked: 12 (3%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 15 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
98.8% of residents of La Font township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (29% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 57% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,084- In family households: 909 (233 male householders, 69 female householders)
207 spouses, 317 children (284 natural, 15 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 18 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 175 (64 male householders (48 living alone)), 83 female householders (79 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 131 2-persons, 72 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 127 1-person, 17 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
124 married couples with children.
82 single-parent households (22 men, 60 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 1.4% |
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: 2
Here: | 11.1% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |