Index township, Cass County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
| Index township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
52% of Index township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1003
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 205
- South: 104
- West: 44
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 450
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 81
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,100
Housing units in Index township with a mortgage: 156 (6 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 61
- Construction (27%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Index township:
- German (25.4%)
- United States or American (22.6%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- English (7.7%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
- European (2.7%)
- Swedish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (25%)
- Russia (25%)
- Brazil (25%)
- Chile (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 531 (77%)
- Carpooled: 102 (15%)
- Walked: 18 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
98.0% of residents of Index township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,398- In family households: 1,219 (325 male householders, 77 female householders)
322 spouses, 443 children (399 natural, 13 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 10 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 179 (74 male householders (56 living alone)), 69 female householders (56 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 176 2-persons, 99 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 112 1-person, 24 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
308 married couples with children.
77 single-parent households (21 men, 56 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
| Here: | 21.6% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |