Prairie township, Jackson County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Prairie township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
48% of Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 47666
- Northeast: 2191
- Midwest: 15755
- South: 6465
- West: 3584
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $146,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Prairie township, Missouri:
- 746 people in nursing homes
- 23 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 21 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 22,690
- One, attached: 1,647
- Two: 1,192
- 3 or 4: 1,578
- 5 to 9: 397
- 10 to 19: 1,010
- 20 to 49: 671
- 50 or more: 523
- Mobile homes: 78
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,600
Housing units in Prairie township with a mortgage: 17,534 (1,885 second mortgage, 1,823 home equity loan, 36 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,083
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie township:
- German (26.0%)
- English (12.6%)
- United States or American (11.5%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- Italian (4.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (13%)
- Canada (10%)
- Germany (8%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Yugoslavia (4%)
- Ethiopia (4%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 35,853 (88%)
- Carpooled: 2,980 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 48 (0%)
- Railroad: 12 (0%)
- Taxi: 12 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 28 (0%)
- Bicycle: 53 (0%)
- Walked: 248 (1%)
- Other means: 39 (0%)
- Worked at home: 1,460 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Prairie township, Missouri:
- 746 people in nursing homes
- 23 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 21 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 3 people in religious group quarters
95.9% of residents of Prairie township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (59% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 76,926- In family households: 68,278 (17,679 male householders, 3,868 female householders)
18,237 spouses, 25,896 children (23,719 natural, 636 adopted, 1,541 stepchildren), 570 grandchildren, 247 brothers or sisters, 264 parents, 511 other relatives, 1,006 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 8,648 (3,055 male householders (2,397 living alone)), 4,312 female householders (3,848 living alone)), 1,281 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 884 (746 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 8,270 2-persons, 5,187 3-persons, 5,296 4-persons, 2,018 5-persons, 600 6-persons, 176 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 6,245 1-person, 981 2-persons, 109 3-persons, 32 4-persons,
18,134 married couples with children.
3,580 single-parent households (799 men, 2,781 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 887
| Here: | 8.4% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 291
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 546
| Here: | 19.1% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |