Couch township, Oregon County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
Couch township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
64% of Couch township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 240
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 60
- South: 81
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 152
- One, attached: 5
- Mobile homes: 38
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,600
Housing units in Couch township with a mortgage: 19 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (35%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Apparel (13%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Health care (6%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (26%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Couch township:
- English (24.4%)
- German (20.8%)
- Irish (20.4%)
- United States or American (12.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
- Scottish (3.2%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Poland (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 122 (77%)
- Carpooled: 7 (4%)
- Worked at home: 29 (18%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Wood (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Utility gas (1%)
98.5% of residents of Couch township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 420- In family households: 380 (97 male householders, 40 female householders)
104 spouses, 125 children (113 natural, 0 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 40 (18 male householders (16 living alone)), 20 female householders (20 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 81 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 20 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 36 1-person, 2 2-persons,
72 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (9 men, 14 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: 3
Here: | 13.6% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |