Center township, Buchanan County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (16% naturalized citizens)
Center township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
68% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2571
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 212
- South: 91
- West: 121
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $69,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,009
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 151
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,000
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 313 (33 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 276
- Construction (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (22.7%)
- United States or American (21.2%)
- Irish (14.4%)
- English (12.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.4%)
- Italian (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (84%)
- Germany (16%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,238 (85%)
- Carpooled: 153 (11%)
- Walked: 5 (0%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 43 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (33%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
98.0% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 38% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,078- In family households: 2,779 (721 male householders, 123 female householders)
737 spouses, 1,044 children (992 natural, 19 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 53 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 45 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 299 (128 male householders (100 living alone)), 116 female householders (112 living alone)), 55 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 326 2-persons, 153 3-persons, 224 4-persons, 86 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 212 1-person, 22 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
593 married couples with children.
141 single-parent households (46 men, 95 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 107
Here: | 23.9% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 47
Here: | 21.7% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
Here: | 17.4% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |