Southwest Marion township, Polk County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (8% naturalized citizens)
| Southwest Marion township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
38% of Southwest Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2361
- Northeast: 54
- Midwest: 640
- South: 583
- West: 235
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Southwest Marion township, Missouri:
- 828 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 19 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 996
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 68
- 3 or 4: 39
- 5 to 9: 72
- 10 to 19: 41
- 20 to 49: 21
- 50 or more: 15
- Mobile homes: 98
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,800
Housing units in Southwest Marion township with a mortgage: 371 (22 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 301
- Educational services (25%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Educational services (36%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (2%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Southwest Marion township:
- German (22.0%)
- English (16.3%)
- Irish (13.9%)
- United States or American (9.6%)
- Scottish (4.0%)
- European (3.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Malaysia (28%)
- Canada (22%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (13%)
- Australia (11%)
- Oceania, n.e.c. (10%)
- Germany (8%)
- South Africa (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,224 (68%)
- Carpooled: 175 (10%)
- Walked: 263 (15%)
- Other means: 37 (2%)
- Worked at home: 104 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (77%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Southwest Marion township, Missouri:
- 828 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 19 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.4% of residents of Southwest Marion township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 48% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 69% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,120- In family households: 2,534 (719 male householders, 184 female householders)
698 spouses, 832 children (741 natural, 10 adopted, 81 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 29 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 38 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 586 (86 male householders (59 living alone)), 288 female householders (198 living alone)), 212 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 876 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 450 2-persons, 170 3-persons, 212 4-persons, 71 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 257 1-person, 52 2-persons, 51 3-persons, 14 4-persons,
590 married couples with children.
176 single-parent households (28 men, 148 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 8.1% |
| 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: 1,183
| Here: | 94.2% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |