Arcadia township, Iron County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Arcadia township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
56% of Arcadia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4510
- Northeast: 82
- Midwest: 443
- South: 377
- West: 225
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $29,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Arcadia township, Missouri:
- 155 people in nursing homes
- 49 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 12 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 12 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,913
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 49
- 3 or 4: 156
- 5 to 9: 21
- 10 to 19: 12
- 20 to 49: 8
- 50 or more: 4
- Mobile homes: 378
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,100
Housing units in Arcadia township with a mortgage: 595 (61 second mortgage, 40 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 508
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Arcadia township:
- United States or American (21.3%)
- German (17.7%)
- Irish (14.9%)
- English (10.5%)
- French (except Basque) (7.5%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (41%)
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (24%)
- Thailand (18%)
- Canada (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,681 (76%)
- Carpooled: 385 (17%)
- Walked: 46 (2%)
- Other means: 11 (0%)
- Worked at home: 80 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (42%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (13%)
People in group quarters in Arcadia township, Missouri:
- 155 people in nursing homes
- 49 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 12 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 12 people in homes for the mentally ill
97.1% of residents of Arcadia township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,432- In family households: 4,682 (1,283 male householders, 296 female householders)
1,244 spouses, 1,600 children (1,425 natural, 28 adopted, 147 stepchildren), 85 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 36 other relatives, 108 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 750 (240 male householders (213 living alone)), 417 female householders (371 living alone)), 93 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 232 (168 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 722 2-persons, 382 3-persons, 291 4-persons, 131 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 584 1-person, 63 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 2 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
894 married couples with children.
413 single-parent households (126 men, 287 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 0.7% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 6.2% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |