Columbia township, Boone County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (84% naturalized citizens)
Columbia township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
74% of Columbia township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1035
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 189
- South: 21
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Columbia township, Missouri:
- 7,026 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 370 people in nursing homes
- 64 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 58 people in other group homes
- 22 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 17 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 17 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 12 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 487
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 4
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Columbia township with a mortgage: 238 (45 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 67
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Columbia township:
- German (45.2%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- Norwegian (10.6%)
- Swedish (6.0%)
- United States or American (4.4%)
- English (3.0%)
- Danish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Honduras (24%)
- Korea (14%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Germany (10%)
- Mexico (8%)
- Peru (8%)
- Canada (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 607 (78%)
- Carpooled: 65 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 94 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Columbia township, Missouri:
- 7,026 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 370 people in nursing homes
- 64 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 58 people in other group homes
- 22 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 17 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 17 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
- 12 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
94.2% of residents of Columbia township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (85% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,349- In family households: 1,275 (364 male householders, 46 female householders)
369 spouses, 441 children (395 natural, 33 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 18 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 74 (40 male householders (36 living alone)), 26 female householders (24 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 181 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 90 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 60 1-person, 6 2-persons,
3,582 married couples with children.
1,915 single-parent households (349 men, 1,566 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
Here: | 13.2% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 3.0% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 8.0% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |