Spring Creek township, Phelps County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (35% naturalized citizens)
Spring Creek township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
63% of Spring Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1234
- Northeast: 45
- Midwest: 299
- South: 147
- West: 103
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 576
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 261
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,200
Housing units in Spring Creek township with a mortgage: 134 (5 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 79
- Construction (26%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spring Creek township:
- United States or American (31.8%)
- German (19.7%)
- English (15.3%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- European (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (91%)
- Indonesia (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 559 (70%)
- Carpooled: 144 (18%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (2%)
- Worked at home: 76 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (39%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Wood (24%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.2% of residents of Spring Creek township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 34% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,861- In family households: 1,649 (464 male householders, 84 female householders)
443 spouses, 510 children (449 natural, 23 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 63 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 26 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 212 (89 male householders (65 living alone)), 90 female householders (89 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 267 2-persons, 123 3-persons, 83 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 154 1-person, 20 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
343 married couples with children.
76 single-parent households (27 men, 49 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
Here: | 4.9% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
Here: | 7.0% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 16.2% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |