White township, Benton County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (65% naturalized citizens)
White township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
54% of White township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1682
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 254
- South: 172
- West: 114
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
47 people in nursing homes
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 817
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 34
- 5 to 9: 12
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 9
- Mobile homes: 176
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,100
Housing units in White township with a mortgage: 225 (4 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 188
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (18%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in White township:
- United States or American (26.8%)
- German (25.1%)
- English (11.3%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- Scottish (5.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Ukraine (25%)
- Mexico (15%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 674 (72%)
- Carpooled: 139 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 94 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Wood (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
47 people in nursing homes
5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.1% of residents of White township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,237- In family households: 1,926 (557 male householders, 92 female householders)
559 spouses, 647 children (547 natural, 6 adopted, 94 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 22 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 311 (107 male householders (89 living alone)), 162 female householders (144 living alone)), 42 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 52 (47 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 343 2-persons, 122 3-persons, 95 4-persons, 62 5-persons, 27 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 233 1-person, 24 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
428 married couples with children.
124 single-parent households (26 men, 98 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
Here: | 4.4% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 2.3% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 18.8% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |