Gasconade township, Wright County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (90% naturalized citizens)
Gasconade township: | 1.7% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
55% of Gasconade township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 769
- Northeast: 39
- Midwest: 111
- South: 92
- West: 130
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
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: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 361
- Mobile homes: 122
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,100
Housing units in Gasconade township with a mortgage: 47 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 46
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Apparel (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gasconade township:
- United States or American (40.8%)
- English (10.9%)
- German (10.6%)
- Irish (5.4%)
- French (except Basque) (4.7%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
- Haitian (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Haiti (50%)
- Canada (25%)
- Japan (15%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 338 (72%)
- Carpooled: 53 (11%)
- Walked: 16 (3%)
- Worked at home: 62 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (64%)
- Wood (24%)
- Electricity (11%)
98.9% of residents of Gasconade township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,166- In family households: 1,025 (293 male householders, 48 female householders)
279 spouses, 360 children (302 natural, 17 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 12 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 141 (52 male householders (34 living alone)), 61 female householders (56 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 154 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 90 1-person, 21 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
258 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (21 men, 38 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 2.3% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 1.6% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 37.5% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |