Big Creek township, Ozark County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 9 (28% naturalized citizens)
| Big Creek township: | 8.8% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
58% of Big Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7531
- Northeast: 225
- Midwest: 1245
- South: 1016
- West: 212
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $71,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,347
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 114
- 3 or 4: 104
- 5 to 9: 192
- 10 to 19: 42
- 20 to 49: 46
- 50 or more: 82
- Mobile homes: 446
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,900
Housing units in Big Creek township with a mortgage: 1,675 (247 second mortgage, 259 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 907
- Plastics and rubber products (24%)
- Construction (9%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Petroleum and coal products (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Big Creek township:
- German (37.8%)
- United States or American (18.9%)
- English (13.0%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Dutch (1.4%)
- Scottish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (20%)
- South Africa (20%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (9%)
- Ireland (8%)
- Dominican Republic (8%)
- Chile (8%)
- Philippines (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,059 (87%)
- Carpooled: 362 (8%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 109 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 115 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (62%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.8% of residents of Big Creek township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,207- In family households: 8,912 (2,295 male householders, 659 female householders)
2,433 spouses, 3,171 children (2,786 natural, 111 adopted, 274 stepchildren), 128 grandchildren, 41 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 50 other relatives, 105 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,295 (415 male householders (345 living alone)), 721 female householders (658 living alone)), 159 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 135 (132 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,310 2-persons, 700 3-persons, 628 4-persons, 214 5-persons, 83 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,003 1-person, 111 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
93 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (12 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 137
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 53
| Here: | 15.2% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |