Mill Spring township, Wayne County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 85.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 972 (all rural)
| Males: 471 |  (48.5%) |
| Females: 501 |  (51.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 972 (741 owner occupied, 231 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 24% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Mill Spring township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.0%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.2%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 1.9%
Median age of males: 40.1
Median age of females: 40.1
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Average household size: 2.56
| Mill Spring township: | 2.6 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.99
| Mill Spring township: | $32,845 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $344 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $73,017 (it was $41,200 in 2000)
| : | $73,017 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 11 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 25.6% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 12.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Mill Spring.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Bunkers Knob Picnic Area (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Mill Spring township include: Carson Hill Church (A), Ijams Hill Church (B), Mount Pleasant Church (C), Shady Nook Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Bowles Cemetery (1), Clay Cemetery (2), Duncan Cemetery (3), Eads Creek Cemetery (4), Kelley Cemetery (5), Leeper Cemetery (6), Mill Creek Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Eads Creek (A), Knox Branch (B), Little Brushy Creek (C), Marler Branch (D), McKenzie Creek (E), Middle Brushy Creek (F), Mill Creek (G), Wingo Slough (H), Barren Fork (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
66% of Mill Spring township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 768
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 62
- South: 77
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 327
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 211
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,500
Housing units in Mill Spring township with a mortgage: 30 (2 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 88
- Construction (19%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Food (10%)
- Wood products (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Food (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (18%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (17%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (10%)
- Extraction workers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Food processing workers (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Bus drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mill Spring township:
- United States or American (48.4%)
- German (8.8%)
- English (8.2%)
- Irish (3.7%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Swedish (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 204 (73%)
- Carpooled: 56 (20%)
- Other means: 8 (3%)
- Worked at home: 10 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Wood (33%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Utility gas (2%)
99.7% of residents of Mill Spring township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 932- In family households: 813 (219 male householders, 35 female householders)
225 spouses, 246 children (219 natural, 8 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 27 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 119 (28 male householders (25 living alone)), 79 female householders (72 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 108 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 16 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 97 1-person, 10 2-persons,
152 married couples with children.
57 single-parent households (30 men, 27 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): 17
| Here: | 30.4% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |