Mount Pleasant township, Lawrence County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 42.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 871 (all rural)
| Males: 460 |  (52.8%) |
| Females: 411 |  (47.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 859 (730 owner occupied, 129 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Mount Pleasant township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.5%
- Black: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
Median age of males: 36.0
Median age of females: 36.8
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Average household size: 2.89
| Mount Pleasant township: | 2.9 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.19
| Mount Pleasant township: | $38,995 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $428 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $91,101 (it was $68,500 in 2000)
| : | $91,101 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 21 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 18.1% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 6.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Churches in Mount Pleasant township include: Union Church (A), Bethel Church (B), Mount Olivet Church (C), Downey Church (D), Dry Valley Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Dry Valley Cemetery (1), Schooling Cemetery (2), Boucher Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Pruitt Branch (A), Hewlett Branch (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
65% of Mount Pleasant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 605
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 72
- South: 94
- West: 68
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 263
- Mobile homes: 69
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,900
Housing units in Mount Pleasant township with a mortgage: 37 (6 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (30%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Health care (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mount Pleasant township:
- German (31.9%)
- United States or American (21.6%)
- English (11.9%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- European (4.2%)
- Scottish (3.5%)
- Italian (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 291 (71%)
- Carpooled: 51 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (3%)
- Walked: 14 (3%)
- Other means: 10 (2%)
- Worked at home: 31 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Wood (23%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Utility gas (7%)
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.4% of residents of Mount Pleasant township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 845- In family households: 796 (214 male householders, 17 female householders)
218 spouses, 308 children (281 natural, 8 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 49 (22 male householders (11 living alone)), 16 female householders (16 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 63 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 27 1-person, 11 2-persons,
227 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (7 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 46
| Here: | 24.6% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |