Colfax township, Daviess County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 35.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 587 (all rural)
Males: 283 | (48.2%) |
Females: 304 | (51.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 587 (447 owner occupied, 140 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 24% |
State: | 30% |
Races in Colfax township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.9%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 39.6
Median age of females: 39.1
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Average household size: 2.62
Colfax township: | 2.6 people |
Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.04
Colfax township: | $41,991 |
Missouri: | $46,931 |
Here: | $370 |
State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $101,796 (it was $64,900 in 2000)
: | $101,796 |
Missouri: | $133,200 |
Population density: 16 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 14.6% |
Whole state: | 11.7% |
This township: | 2.9% |
Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Winston.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemetery: Winston Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
53% of Colfax township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 418
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 89
- South: 24
- West: 50
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 193
- One, attached: 3
- Mobile homes: 50
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,000
Housing units in Colfax township with a mortgage: 51 (15 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 29
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (15%)
- Public administration (15%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Colfax township:
- United States or American (36.4%)
- German (19.7%)
- English (11.9%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- Italian (5.8%)
- Dutch (4.9%)
- Swedish (1.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 196 (73%)
- Carpooled: 51 (19%)
- Walked: 1 (0%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 16 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (85%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
98.7% of residents of Colfax township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 593- In family households: 532 (146 male householders, 22 female householders)
154 spouses, 177 children (148 natural, 2 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 5 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 61 (22 male householders (17 living alone)), 32 female householders (32 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 86 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 49 1-person, 4 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
114 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (4 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 2.3% |
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: 4
Here: | 21.1% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |