Dry Creek township, Maries County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (11% naturalized citizens)
| Dry Creek township: | 4.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
63% of Dry Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3122
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 274
- South: 74
- West: 23
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 737
- One, attached: 62
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 27
- 10 to 19: 11
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 46
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Dry Creek township with a mortgage: 285 (14 second mortgage, 60 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 100
- Transportation equipment (32%)
- Wood products (25%)
- Construction (11%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (3%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (12%)
- Woodworkers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dry Creek township:
- German (36.3%)
- United States or American (34.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (8.2%)
- Swiss (8.0%)
- European (3.1%)
- English (2.0%)
- Irish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (61%)
- Other Western Asia (29%)
- Vietnam (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 460 (32%)
- Carpooled: 635 (44%)
- Taxi: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 100 (7%)
- Walked: 29 (2%)
- Other means: 40 (3%)
- Worked at home: 181 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Coal or coke (12%)
- Wood (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Other fuel (2%)
41.2% of residents of Dry Creek township speak English at home.
58.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (29% speak English well, 71% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (13% speak English very well, 88% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,544- In family households: 3,437 (748 male householders, 63 female householders)
743 spouses, 1,804 children (1,717 natural, 56 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 8 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 107 (42 male householders (27 living alone)), 50 female householders (50 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 234 2-persons, 112 3-persons, 141 4-persons, 121 5-persons, 77 6-persons, 126 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 77 1-person, 15 2-persons,
127 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (14 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 315
| Here: | 47.7% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 88.2% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |