Dillon township, Phelps County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Dillon township: | 3.8% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
55% of Dillon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5137
- Northeast: 244
- Midwest: 1225
- South: 841
- West: 362
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $58,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Dillon township, Missouri:
- 86 people in nursing homes
- 30 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 26 people in other group homes
- 11 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,433
- One, attached: 51
- Two: 199
- 3 or 4: 233
- 5 to 9: 88
- 10 to 19: 24
- Mobile homes: 431
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,900
Housing units in Dillon township with a mortgage: 1,098 (46 second mortgage, 64 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 437
- Educational services (15%)
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dillon township:
- German (26.5%)
- United States or American (15.1%)
- English (11.5%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- Italian (3.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (14%)
- India (14%)
- Other Western Asia (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- Korea (8%)
- Pakistan (8%)
- Philippines (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,318 (82%)
- Carpooled: 433 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (0%)
- Taxi: 3 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 23 (1%)
- Walked: 20 (0%)
- Other means: 19 (0%)
- Worked at home: 191 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Dillon township, Missouri:
- 86 people in nursing homes
- 30 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 26 people in other group homes
- 11 people in homes for the mentally ill
94.3% of residents of Dillon township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,110- In family households: 7,046 (1,924 male householders, 415 female householders)
2,044 spouses, 2,366 children (2,058 natural, 130 adopted, 178 stepchildren), 100 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 23 other relatives, 130 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,064 (446 male householders (315 living alone)), 389 female householders (342 living alone)), 229 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 146 (105 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,118 2-persons, 492 3-persons, 457 4-persons, 168 5-persons, 65 6-persons, 39 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 657 1-person, 140 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 9 4-persons,
1,533 married couples with children.
349 single-parent households (78 men, 271 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 66
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 2.8% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 30
| Here: | 6.7% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |