Mount Pleasant township, Bates County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Mount Pleasant township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
47% of Mount Pleasant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3630
- Northeast: 58
- Midwest: 637
- South: 407
- West: 220
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
197 people in nursing homes
14 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,850
- One, attached: 25
- Two: 64
- 3 or 4: 149
- 5 to 9: 11
- 20 to 49: 25
- 50 or more: 13
- Mobile homes: 124
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,600
Housing units in Mount Pleasant township with a mortgage: 592 (54 second mortgage, 66 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 555
- Construction (21%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mount Pleasant township:
- United States or American (25.4%)
- German (22.3%)
- English (13.4%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (28%)
- Korea (15%)
- Ireland (12%)
- Germany (12%)
- India (12%)
- Laos (12%)
- Hong Kong (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,689 (79%)
- Carpooled: 229 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 14 (1%)
- Walked: 131 (6%)
- Other means: 39 (2%)
- Worked at home: 42 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
197 people in nursing homes
14 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
97.1% of residents of Mount Pleasant township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 45% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,808- In family households: 3,988 (1,061 male householders, 265 female householders)
1,075 spouses, 1,316 children (1,162 natural, 40 adopted, 114 stepchildren), 98 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 51 other relatives, 115 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 820 (295 male householders (238 living alone)), 439 female householders (424 living alone)), 86 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 212 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 610 2-persons, 272 3-persons, 287 4-persons, 96 5-persons, 56 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 662 1-person, 59 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
785 married couples with children.
346 single-parent households (105 men, 241 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 55
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 49
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 9.7% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |