Marion township, Mercer County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Marion township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
62% of Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 460
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 392
- South: 27
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 393
- One, attached: 2
- 3 or 4: 16
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 249
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,800
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 68 (9 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 116
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (36%)
- Construction (8%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- United States or American (32.9%)
- German (20.1%)
- Irish (13.7%)
- English (11.8%)
- Norwegian (3.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
- Welsh (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (40%)
- Canada (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 296 (77%)
- Carpooled: 46 (12%)
- Taxi: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 13 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Utility gas (30%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Wood (8%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
99.2% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% 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: 911- In family households: 769 (216 male householders, 46 female householders)
238 spouses, 241 children (224 natural, 4 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 12 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 142 (52 male householders (45 living alone)), 82 female householders (82 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 143 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 127 1-person, 7 2-persons,
178 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (8 men, 29 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 15.8% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |