Northeast Marion township, Polk County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Northeast Marion township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
47% of Northeast Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2494
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 469
- South: 416
- West: 203
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
117 people in nursing homes
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,065
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 50
- 3 or 4: 109
- 5 to 9: 24
- 10 to 19: 31
- 20 to 49: 8
- 50 or more: 10
- Mobile homes: 202
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,900
Housing units in Northeast Marion township with a mortgage: 369 (70 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 259
- Construction (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Religious workers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Northeast Marion township:
- English (22.8%)
- United States or American (20.7%)
- Irish (14.3%)
- German (11.7%)
- Scottish (4.6%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (63%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
- South Africa (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,386 (87%)
- Carpooled: 144 (9%)
- Worked at home: 69 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (67%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Wood (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
117 people in nursing homes
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.3% of residents of Northeast Marion township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,545- In family households: 3,143 (881 male householders, 127 female householders)
879 spouses, 1,152 children (1,010 natural, 14 adopted, 128 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 37 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 402 (144 male householders (139 living alone)), 233 female householders (220 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 130 (114 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 438 2-persons, 225 3-persons, 195 4-persons, 112 5-persons, 38 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 359 1-person, 13 2-persons, 5 4-persons,
725 married couples with children.
226 single-parent households (48 men, 178 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 102
| Here: | 56.4% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |