Jackson township, Douglas County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 36.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 213 (all rural)
| Males: 109 |  (51.2%) |
| Females: 104 |  (48.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 213 (173 owner occupied, 40 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Jackson township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 94.8%
- Two or more races: 4.2%
Median age of males: 50.3
Median age of females: 51.5
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Average household size: 2.24
| Jackson township: | 2.2 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.85
| Jackson township: | $31,826 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $384 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $100,046 (it was $67,700 in 2000)
| : | $100,046 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 5.5% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Henderson Cemetery (1), Yates Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Fox Creek (A), Spring Creek (B), Little Brush Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
78% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 433
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 50
- South: 27
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 2.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 205
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 73 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Waiters and waitresses (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (50.0%)
- English (14.2%)
- United States or American (11.3%)
- Italian (8.1%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 278 (89%)
- Carpooled: 6 (2%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 24 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Other fuel (3%)
98.2% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 528- In family households: 504 (168 male householders, 12 female householders)
168 spouses, 136 children (136 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 6 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 24 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 24 female householders (24 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 87 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 24 1-person,
29 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (2 men, 2 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |