Clark township, Wright County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Clark township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
48% of Clark 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, 63% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 840
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 176
- South: 106
- West: 120
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $34,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
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: 327
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 30
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 136
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,700
Housing units in Clark township with a mortgage: 65 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Truck transportation (12%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clark township:
- United States or American (45.6%)
- English (11.1%)
- German (10.7%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
- Yugoslavian (1.7%)
- Swiss (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (63%)
- Austria (13%)
- Germany (13%)
- Other Eastern Europe (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 400 (80%)
- Carpooled: 54 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 30 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Wood (23%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
95.5% of residents of Clark township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,271- In family households: 1,177 (308 male householders, 41 female householders)
331 spouses, 461 children (423 natural, 4 adopted, 34 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 3 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 94 (42 male householders (38 living alone)), 45 female householders (42 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 137 2-persons, 67 3-persons, 95 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 80 1-person, 7 2-persons,
275 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (29 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 3.9% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 25.7% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |