Polk township, Dade County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Polk township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
70% of Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 437
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 43
- South: 38
- West: 51
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 187
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 37
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,300
Housing units in Polk township with a mortgage: 23 (1 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Food (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Food (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polk township:
- United States or American (27.2%)
- German (17.6%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- English (7.5%)
- European (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 213 (76%)
- Carpooled: 40 (14%)
- Walked: 11 (4%)
- Worked at home: 18 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Wood (32%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Utility gas (3%)
96.9% of residents of Polk township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 571- In family households: 532 (166 male householders, 4 female householders)
160 spouses, 164 children (145 natural, 0 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 3 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 39 (15 male householders (15 living alone)), 24 female householders (24 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 70 2-persons, 33 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 39 1-person,
116 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (7 men, 9 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: 2
Here: | 15.4% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |