Meramec township, Dent County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 46.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 262 (all rural)
| Males: 126 |  (48.1%) |
| Females: 136 |  (51.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 262 (229 owner occupied, 33 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Meramec township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.9%
- Black: 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
Median age of males: 40.4
Median age of females: 39.5
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Average household size: 2.57
| Meramec township: | 2.6 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.94
| Meramec township: | $35,967 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $371 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $83,615 (it was $62,400 in 2000)
| : | $83,615 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 6.4% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 2.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Water Fork Community Building (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Meramec township include: New Home Church (A), Stone Hill Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Copeland Cemetery (1), Stone Hill Cemetery (2), Kittenger Cemetery (3), Mounce Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Kiln Pond (A), Number 117 Reservoir (B), Tiefenthalers Lake Retreat (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Hutchins Creek (A), Water Fork Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
54% of Meramec township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 0% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 163
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 28
- South: 41
- West: 3
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 86
- Mobile homes: 46
Median worth of mobile homes: $110,000
Housing units in Meramec township with a mortgage: 6 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (43%)
- Construction (10%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (10%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (12%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (12%)
- Health care (12%)
- Social assistance (12%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (10%)
- Private households (10%)
- Engineers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (35%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Meramec township:
- United States or American (40.2%)
- German (24.1%)
- English (9.8%)
- European (8.0%)
- Irish (2.9%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 74 (75%)
- Carpooled: 18 (18%)
- Worked at home: 7 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Wood (42%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 249- In family households: 236 (86 male householders, 3 female householders)
79 spouses, 65 children (56 natural, 0 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 13 (13 male householders (13 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 43 2-persons, 24 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 1 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 13 1-person,
46 married couples with children.
12 single-parent households (0 men, 12 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |