Aurora township, Lawrence County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (64% naturalized citizens)
Aurora township: | 1.9% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
52% of Aurora township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5864
- Northeast: 74
- Midwest: 1079
- South: 1093
- West: 590
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Aurora township, Missouri:
- 111 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 8 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,956
- One, attached: 47
- Two: 115
- 3 or 4: 195
- 5 to 9: 53
- 20 to 49: 58
- Mobile homes: 438
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,300
Housing units in Aurora township with a mortgage: 1,137 (109 second mortgage, 99 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 738
- Food (12%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Aurora township:
- United States or American (21.4%)
- German (18.7%)
- English (15.5%)
- Irish (11.8%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.8%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (32%)
- Ukraine (31%)
- Mexico (8%)
- Indonesia (8%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Vietnam (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,867 (80%)
- Carpooled: 549 (15%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 37 (1%)
- Other means: 30 (1%)
- Worked at home: 74 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (3%)
People in group quarters in Aurora township, Missouri:
- 111 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 8 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.4% of residents of Aurora township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (30% speak English very well, 70% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,774- In family households: 7,548 (1,883 male householders, 531 female householders)
1,966 spouses, 2,723 children (2,387 natural, 90 adopted, 246 stepchildren), 153 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 68 other relatives, 181 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,226 (474 male householders (414 living alone)), 641 female householders (587 living alone)), 111 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 134 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,067 2-persons, 530 3-persons, 474 4-persons, 227 5-persons, 101 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,001 1-person, 114 2-persons,
1,688 married couples with children.
547 single-parent households (143 men, 404 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 82
Here: | 7.3% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
Here: | 4.7% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 29
Here: | 17.2% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |