Elk River East township, McDonald County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 19 (14% naturalized citizens)
Elk River East township: | 18.8% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
45% of Elk River East township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 10% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 272
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 157
- South: 481
- West: 109
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $43,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 402
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 51
- 3 or 4: 25
- 5 to 9: 3
- 20 to 49: 6
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 30
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Elk River East township with a mortgage: 114 (6 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 82
- Food (34%)
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Food (27%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (19%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Food processing workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elk River East township:
- United States or American (18.5%)
- German (12.6%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- English (5.5%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
- Polish (1.2%)
- French Canadian (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (88%)
- Guatemala (5%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Honduras (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 414 (67%)
- Carpooled: 149 (24%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 16 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (3%)
66.8% of residents of Elk River East township speak English at home.
31.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 18% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,308- In family households: 1,143 (257 male householders, 76 female householders)
243 spouses, 390 children (354 natural, 8 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 58 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 37 other relatives, 40 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 165 (67 male householders (52 living alone)), 75 female householders (71 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 132 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 62 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 123 1-person, 11 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
210 married couples with children.
102 single-parent households (35 men, 67 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 3.0% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 14.3% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |