Freedom township, Lafayette County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (88% naturalized citizens)
| Freedom township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
60% of Freedom township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2733
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 360
- South: 152
- West: 121
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
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
151 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,146
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 38
- 3 or 4: 135
- 5 to 9: 35
- 10 to 19: 1
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 74
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,800
Housing units in Freedom township with a mortgage: 384 (25 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 329
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Freedom township:
- German (62.1%)
- United States or American (12.2%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- English (4.8%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.3%)
- French (except Basque) (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Germany (13%)
- Other Southern Europe (13%)
- Russia (13%)
- Taiwan (13%)
- Peru (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,344 (79%)
- Carpooled: 154 (9%)
- Subway or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 65 (4%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 119 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
151 people in nursing homes
96.1% of residents of Freedom township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English not well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,273- In family households: 2,816 (787 male householders, 143 female householders)
744 spouses, 984 children (884 natural, 27 adopted, 73 stepchildren), 51 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 21 other relatives, 58 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 457 (152 male householders (119 living alone)), 232 female householders (216 living alone)), 73 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 152 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 457 2-persons, 166 3-persons, 169 4-persons, 101 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 335 1-person, 41 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
642 married couples with children.
143 single-parent households (40 men, 103 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 143
| Here: | 35.2% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 57
| Here: | 28.6% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 13.9% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |