Colfax township, Harrison County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (25% naturalized citizens)
Colfax township: | 1.6% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
56% of Colfax 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, 20% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 279
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 237
- South: 13
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 211
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 2
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,300
Housing units in Colfax township with a mortgage: 44 (1 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 50
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (30%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Construction (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (22%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Colfax township:
- United States or American (43.4%)
- English (21.0%)
- Irish (13.5%)
- German (8.5%)
- Swedish (2.1%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (50%)
- Mexico (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 208 (81%)
- Carpooled: 29 (11%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 19 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (58%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (14%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
95.3% of residents of Colfax township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (14% speak English very well, 71% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 574- In family households: 497 (129 male householders, 34 female householders)
128 spouses, 179 children (161 natural, 1 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 4 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 77 (24 male householders (16 living alone)), 35 female householders (30 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 90 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 28 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 46 1-person, 7 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
101 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (21 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Here: | 21.2% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 14.3% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
Here: | 100.0% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |