Coal township, Vernon County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 34.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 271 (all rural)
| Males: 139 |  (51.3%) |
| Females: 132 |  (48.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 271 (213 owner occupied, 58 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 21% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Coal township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.2%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
Median age of males: 40.2
Median age of females: 39.0
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Average household size: 2.49
| Coal township: | 2.5 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.94
| Coal township: | $38,763 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $400 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $81,378 (it was $61,400 in 2000)
| : | $81,378 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 8 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Coal township: Clayton Christian Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Logan Cemetery (1), Deerfield Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Doctor R F Searl Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Cheney Branch (A), Green Branch (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
77% of Coal township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 88% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 76
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 3
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $15,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 37
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $72,500
Housing units in Coal township with a mortgage: 2 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (31%)
- U. S. Postal service (11%)
- Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (10%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Educational services (29%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (20%)
- Food and beverage stores (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Plastics and rubber products (10%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (6%)
- Gasoline stations (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (16%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (6%)
- Cashiers (20%)
- Bus drivers (18%)
- Legal support workers (12%)
- Food processing workers (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Coal township:
- Norwegian (73.8%)
- Swedish (15.4%)
- Czech (3.1%)
- Polish (3.1%)
- Scandinavian (3.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 27 (56%)
- Carpooled: 12 (25%)
- Worked at home: 9 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Wood (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
97.3% of residents of Coal township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 79- In family households: 68 (24 male householders, 0 female householders)
21 spouses, 21 children (21 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 11 (5 male householders (5 living alone)), 6 female householders (6 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 9 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 11 1-person,
48 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (3 men, 7 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |