Peculiar township, Cass County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (61% naturalized citizens)
| Peculiar township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
53% of Peculiar township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1919
- Northeast: 47
- Midwest: 430
- South: 185
- West: 79
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
136 people in nursing homes
7 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 748
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 50
- Mobile homes: 143
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,900
Housing units in Peculiar township with a mortgage: 302 (22 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 139
- Construction (22%)
- Health care (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Peculiar township:
- German (26.3%)
- United States or American (24.2%)
- English (13.0%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Cuba (39%)
- Other Northern Europe (25%)
- Germany (21%)
- Thailand (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 978 (85%)
- Carpooled: 78 (7%)
- Walked: 16 (1%)
- Other means: 19 (2%)
- Worked at home: 60 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (36%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
136 people in nursing homes
7 people in other group homes
97.2% of residents of Peculiar township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,549- In family households: 2,278 (613 male householders, 98 female householders)
596 spouses, 881 children (777 natural, 13 adopted, 91 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 17 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 271 (120 male householders (92 living alone)), 104 female householders (90 living alone)), 47 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 155 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 276 2-persons, 174 3-persons, 145 4-persons, 66 5-persons, 50 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 182 1-person, 37 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
596 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (17 men, 72 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 41
| Here: | 11.4% |
| 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: 8
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |