Murray township, Greene County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (10% naturalized citizens)
| Murray township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
51% of Murray township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3160
- Northeast: 82
- Midwest: 508
- South: 479
- West: 316
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $114,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Murray township, Missouri:
- 172 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 61 people in nursing homes
- 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 5 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,473
- Two: 34
- 3 or 4: 77
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 23
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 38
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,700
Housing units in Murray township with a mortgage: 781 (72 second mortgage, 46 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 249
- Construction (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Murray township:
- United States or American (30.1%)
- German (21.2%)
- English (11.0%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- European (1.8%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (51%)
- Russia (31%)
- Costa Rica (10%)
- Germany (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,733 (87%)
- Carpooled: 153 (8%)
- Walked: 28 (1%)
- Other means: 27 (1%)
- Worked at home: 61 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Murray township, Missouri:
- 172 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 61 people in nursing homes
- 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 5 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
98.3% of residents of Murray township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,365- In family households: 3,999 (1,036 male householders, 211 female householders)
1,052 spouses, 1,587 children (1,388 natural, 25 adopted, 174 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 16 other relatives, 54 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 366 (113 male householders (83 living alone)), 196 female householders (178 living alone)), 57 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 244 (64 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 471 2-persons, 289 3-persons, 319 4-persons, 102 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 261 1-person, 36 2-persons, 12 3-persons,
1,054 married couples with children.
244 single-parent households (44 men, 200 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 39
| Here: | 9.8% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 36
| Here: | 21.8% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |