Alexander township, Benton County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Alexander township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
67% of Alexander township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 155
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 34
- South: 3
- West: 8
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 113
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 17
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Alexander township with a mortgage: 14 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4
- Construction (25%)
- Utilities (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Food (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (16%)
- Social assistance (15%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Health care (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Accountants and auditors (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Child care workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Alexander township:
- Norwegian (28.6%)
- German (17.0%)
- Irish (12.6%)
- Swedish (8.2%)
- English (7.7%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
- Belgian (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 78 (76%)
- Carpooled: 14 (14%)
- Walked: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 9 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Wood (28%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
98.1% of residents of Alexander township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 210- In family households: 172 (51 male householders, 6 female householders)
48 spouses, 50 children (48 natural, 2 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 38 (15 male householders (15 living alone)), 17 female householders (14 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 31 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 29 1-person, 3 3-persons,
26 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (0 men, 1 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): 2
| Here: | 10.5% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |