High Prairie township, Webster County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 50.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 980 (all rural)
| Males: 496 |  (50.6%) |
| Females: 484 |  (49.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 980 (816 owner occupied, 164 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 17% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in High Prairie township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
- Two or more races: 1.6%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 32.5
Median age of females: 32.1
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Average household size: 2.91
| High Prairie township: | 2.9 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.25
| High Prairie township: | $44,118 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $457 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $113,560 (it was $81,900 in 2000)
| : | $113,560 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 20 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 6.2% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 3.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in High Prairie township include: Prospect Church (A), High Prairie Church (B), Old Liberty Church (C), Bethel Church (D), Black Oak Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Moore Cemetery (1), Sixteenth Cemetery (2), George Cemetery (3), Black Oak Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
54% of High Prairie 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, 66% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 688
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 102
- South: 112
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 283
- Mobile homes: 105
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,900
Housing units in High Prairie township with a mortgage: 44 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Private households (11%)
- Food (7%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Waiters and waitresses (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in High Prairie township:
- United States or American (20.9%)
- English (19.4%)
- Irish (18.8%)
- German (14.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (9.6%)
- Italian (1.6%)
- Russian (1.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 322 (83%)
- Carpooled: 37 (10%)
- Worked at home: 27 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Wood (29%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
98.9% of residents of High Prairie township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 961- In family households: 854 (263 male householders, 23 female householders)
257 spouses, 310 children (303 natural, 0 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 107 (48 male householders (42 living alone)), 46 female householders (46 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 90 2-persons, 96 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 40 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 88 1-person, 2 2-persons, 4 4-persons,
238 married couples with children.
47 single-parent households (11 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 15.1% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 15.8% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |