Brooking township, Jackson County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Brooking township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
59% of Brooking township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 52598
- Northeast: 1315
- Midwest: 12267
- South: 10404
- West: 2294
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $59,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
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 Brooking township, Missouri:
- 690 people in nursing homes
- 202 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 74 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 57 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 48 people in halfway houses
- 47 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 42 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 31 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 25 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 7 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 26,986
- One, attached: 1,267
- Two: 785
- 3 or 4: 1,215
- 5 to 9: 1,235
- 10 to 19: 1,340
- 20 to 49: 638
- 50 or more: 789
- Mobile homes: 74
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Brooking township with a mortgage: 14,090 (1,748 second mortgage, 1,319 home equity loan, 32 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,629
- Construction (17%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brooking township:
- German (11.5%)
- United States or American (7.6%)
- English (6.7%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- Italian (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.6%)
- African (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (16%)
- Germany (9%)
- India (8%)
- Vietnam (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Canada (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 29,097 (82%)
- Carpooled: 4,137 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 918 (3%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 6 (0%)
- Taxi: 47 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 25 (0%)
- Walked: 411 (1%)
- Other means: 227 (1%)
- Worked at home: 728 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Brooking township, Missouri:
- 690 people in nursing homes
- 202 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 74 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 57 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 48 people in halfway houses
- 47 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 42 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 31 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 25 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 7 people in other group homes
95.5% of residents of Brooking township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 79,648- In family households: 67,179 (13,413 male householders, 8,285 female householders)
13,421 spouses, 24,798 children (22,668 natural, 748 adopted, 1,382 stepchildren), 2,933 grandchildren, 787 brothers or sisters, 745 parents, 1,157 other relatives, 1,640 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 12,469 (4,408 male householders (3,542 living alone)), 6,176 female householders (5,557 living alone)), 1,885 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,161 (810 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 9,471 2-persons, 5,338 3-persons, 3,829 4-persons, 1,844 5-persons, 778 6-persons, 438 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 9,099 1-person, 1,234 2-persons, 156 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
9,739 married couples with children.
8,486 single-parent households (1,188 men, 7,298 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 925
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 418
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 632
| Here: | 20.1% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |