Jackson township, Gentry County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (16% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
58% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1119
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 161
- South: 69
- West: 39
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $15,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 503
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 37
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 24
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 49
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,600
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 124 (7 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 162
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- United States or American (26.1%)
- German (23.6%)
- English (15.2%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- Scottish (4.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.7%)
- British (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (63%)
- United Kingdom (21%)
- Japan (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 453 (74%)
- Carpooled: 112 (18%)
- Walked: 13 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 33 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.3% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,421- In family households: 1,245 (354 male householders, 48 female householders)
366 spouses, 437 children (379 natural, 1 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 176 (59 male householders (56 living alone)), 107 female householders (101 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 6 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 178 2-persons, 85 3-persons, 76 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 157 1-person, 9 2-persons,
327 married couples with children.
64 single-parent households (20 men, 44 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 11.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |