Blackwater township, Pettis County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Blackwater township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
56% of Blackwater township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 326
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 43
- South: 29
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 151
- Mobile homes: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Blackwater township with a mortgage: 11 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (31%)
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Gasoline stations (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (10%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (26%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Blackwater township:
- United States or American (35.1%)
- German (28.6%)
- English (11.3%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- Swiss (3.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- Canadian (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 151 (74%)
- Carpooled: 26 (13%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (5%)
- Worked at home: 13 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (71%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
94.5% of residents of Blackwater township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 419- In family households: 383 (117 male householders, 2 female householders)
110 spouses, 143 children (139 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 36 (19 male householders (19 living alone)), 14 female householders (11 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 55 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person, 3 2-persons,
100 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (8 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
Here: | 39.2% |
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: 1
Here: | 6.3% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |