Shirley township, Ripley County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Shirley township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
59% of Shirley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 440
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 91
- South: 100
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 196
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 1
- Mobile homes: 102
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,500
Housing units in Shirley township with a mortgage: 38 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 34
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Wood products (16%)
- Construction (11%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (34%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Woodworkers (8%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (16%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shirley township:
- United States or American (37.6%)
- Irish (19.6%)
- German (9.3%)
- English (4.9%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (67%)
- Germany (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 186 (73%)
- Carpooled: 58 (23%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (3%)
- Worked at home: 2 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Wood (29%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.8% of residents of Shirley township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (20% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 666- In family households: 553 (142 male householders, 21 female householders)
132 spouses, 201 children (162 natural, 9 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 8 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 113 (50 male householders (41 living alone)), 38 female householders (32 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 66 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 29 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 73 1-person, 12 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
118 married couples with children.
44 single-parent households (16 men, 28 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): 6
| Here: | 15.8% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 16.7% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |