Pierce township, Lawrence County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (28% naturalized citizens)
Pierce township: | 2.9% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
50% of Pierce township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3814
- Northeast: 80
- Midwest: 658
- South: 627
- West: 415
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $41,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,848
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 47
- 3 or 4: 109
- 5 to 9: 27
- 10 to 19: 43
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 311
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Pierce township with a mortgage: 686 (59 second mortgage, 42 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 483
- Metal and metal products (20%)
- Food (12%)
- Construction (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Food (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pierce township:
- German (25.5%)
- United States or American (19.7%)
- English (10.2%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- Polish (3.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (78%)
- Guatemala (12%)
- Poland (5%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Korea (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,280 (81%)
- Carpooled: 383 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Taxi: 9 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 35 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 87 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (4%)
94.4% of residents of Pierce township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (26% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 37% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (35% speak English well, 35% speak English not well, 30% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,781- In family households: 5,156 (1,375 male householders, 303 female householders)
1,415 spouses, 1,759 children (1,572 natural, 36 adopted, 151 stepchildren), 119 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 46 other relatives, 80 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 625 (240 male householders (207 living alone)), 326 female householders (308 living alone)), 59 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 730 2-persons, 372 3-persons, 320 4-persons, 167 5-persons, 63 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 515 1-person, 45 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
1,195 married couples with children.
268 single-parent households (70 men, 198 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 131
Here: | 18.0% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
Here: | 7.5% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 3.3% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |