Clay township, Shelby County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
Clay township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
50% of Clay township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 983
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 128
- South: 45
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $14,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
39 people in nursing homes
26 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 459
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 1
- 3 or 4: 38
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 2
- 50 or more: 3
- Mobile homes: 70
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,100
Housing units in Clay township with a mortgage: 98 (7 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 146
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Construction (14%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Child care workers (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clay township:
- United States or American (31.2%)
- German (26.6%)
- English (13.2%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Other Eastern Europe (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 379 (78%)
- Carpooled: 54 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 23 (5%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (44%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
39 people in nursing homes
26 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
98.8% of residents of Clay township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 44% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,134- In family households: 933 (257 male householders, 45 female householders)
266 spouses, 347 children (314 natural, 4 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 1 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 201 (76 male householders (64 living alone)), 94 female householders (90 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 65 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 132 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 154 1-person, 12 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
211 married couples with children.
63 single-parent households (8 men, 55 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
Here: | 18.5% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 4.5% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 21.2% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |