East Polk township, Christian County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
| East Polk township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
54% of East Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1172
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 185
- South: 208
- West: 106
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $57,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 560
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 33
- 5 to 9: 15
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 104
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in East Polk township with a mortgage: 212 (25 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 127
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Polk township:
- United States or American (25.7%)
- German (25.1%)
- English (10.6%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- European (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- El Salvador (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 642 (74%)
- Carpooled: 120 (14%)
- Railroad: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 22 (3%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 69 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Wood (7%)
98.4% of residents of East Polk township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,706- In family households: 1,488 (417 male householders, 86 female householders)
408 spouses, 519 children (456 natural, 12 adopted, 51 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 7 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 218 (78 male householders (54 living alone)), 114 female householders (108 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 251 2-persons, 102 3-persons, 98 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 162 1-person, 30 2-persons,
294 married couples with children.
108 single-parent households (29 men, 79 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 1.6% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 12
| Here: | 24.5% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |