Lost Creek township, Wayne County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Lost Creek township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
59% of Lost Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1469
- Northeast: 20
- Midwest: 243
- South: 242
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
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: 691
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 709
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,400
Housing units in Lost Creek township with a mortgage: 95 (12 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 191
- Public administration (12%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lost Creek township:
- United States or American (35.4%)
- German (19.4%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- English (8.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- Italian (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (58%)
- Japan (42%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 551 (79%)
- Carpooled: 100 (14%)
- Worked at home: 46 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Wood (12%)
- Utility gas (3%)
97.8% of residents of Lost Creek township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,018- In family households: 1,642 (489 male householders, 98 female householders)
477 spouses, 477 children (423 natural, 7 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 6 other relatives, 56 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 376 (152 male householders (111 living alone)), 153 female householders (137 living alone)), 71 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 346 2-persons, 112 3-persons, 83 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 248 1-person, 47 2-persons, 10 4-persons,
262 married couples with children.
100 single-parent households (23 men, 77 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |