Franklin township, Newton County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (6% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
62% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1011
- Northeast: 34
- Midwest: 223
- South: 189
- West: 132
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
25 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 554
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 8
- Mobile homes: 125
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,100
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 114 (15 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 107
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Construction (17%)
- Food (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (12%)
- Health care (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Plant and system operators (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- United States or American (30.6%)
- German (19.7%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- English (10.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (50%)
- Honduras (44%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 527 (70%)
- Carpooled: 148 (20%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 60 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (69%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (9%)
- Utility gas (1%)
25 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
93.5% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (27% speak English very well, 55% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
4.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,594- In family households: 1,416 (352 male householders, 99 female householders)
393 spouses, 519 children (461 natural, 18 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 11 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 178 (92 male householders (80 living alone)), 69 female householders (69 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 25 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 197 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 77 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 149 1-person, 10 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
366 married couples with children.
90 single-parent households (28 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 58.1% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |