Athens township, Gentry County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (36% naturalized citizens)
| Athens township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
59% of Athens 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, 52% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1846
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 268
- South: 92
- West: 124
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $62,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
People in group quarters in Athens township, Missouri:
- 37 people in nursing homes
- 17 people in other group homes
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 2 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 880
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 29
- 3 or 4: 78
- 5 to 9: 27
- 10 to 19: 28
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 98
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Athens township with a mortgage: 219 (8 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 352
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Machinery (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Athens township:
- United States or American (31.2%)
- German (23.9%)
- English (12.3%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
- Swedish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ireland (36%)
- Germany (36%)
- Other South Eastern Asia (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 869 (83%)
- Carpooled: 129 (12%)
- Walked: 16 (2%)
- Worked at home: 27 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (5%)
People in group quarters in Athens township, Missouri:
- 37 people in nursing homes
- 17 people in other group homes
- 7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 5 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 2 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
97.3% of residents of Athens township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,290- In family households: 1,914 (559 male householders, 99 female householders)
572 spouses, 641 children (605 natural, 13 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 376 (113 male householders (113 living alone)), 250 female householders (239 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 69 (51 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 341 2-persons, 134 3-persons, 123 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 352 1-person, 11 2-persons,
398 married couples with children.
125 single-parent households (36 men, 89 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): 10
| Here: | 5.8% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 11.9% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |