Clay township, Sullivan County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 10 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Clay township: | 10.1% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
64% of Clay township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% 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: 8931
- Northeast: 833
- Midwest: 47
- South: 581
- West: 169
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $28,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,117
- One, attached: 1,704
- Two: 136
- 3 or 4: 54
- 5 to 9: 15
- 20 to 49: 34
- 50 or more: 85
- Mobile homes: 88
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Clay township with a mortgage: 1,278 (117 second mortgage, 180 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,510
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (35%)
- Food (19%)
- Construction (15%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (16%)
- Food (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (15%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (15%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Food processing workers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clay township:
- Polish (27.5%)
- German (17.4%)
- Italian (11.7%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- Dutch (8.1%)
- United States or American (5.7%)
- Ukrainian (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (33%)
- Mexico (24%)
- Ireland (14%)
- Austria (12%)
- Germany (10%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,703 (77%)
- Carpooled: 588 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Taxi: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 92 (3%)
- Other means: 40 (1%)
- Worked at home: 61 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (59%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Coal or coke (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
94.9% of residents of Clay township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.2% 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: 8,415- In family households: 6,845 (1,895 male householders, 479 female householders)
1,947 spouses, 2,072 children (1,934 natural, 45 adopted, 93 stepchildren), 98 grandchildren, 56 brothers or sisters, 67 parents, 67 other relatives, 164 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,570 (559 male householders (455 living alone)), 807 female householders (778 living alone)), 204 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,213 (2,173 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,151 2-persons, 573 3-persons, 416 4-persons, 169 5-persons, 41 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,233 1-person, 92 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 10 6-persons,
112 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (10 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 145
| Here: | 17.9% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 310
| Here: | 40.7% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 88
| Here: | 33.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |