Perche township, Boone County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
Perche township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
56% of Perche township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2769
- Northeast: 74
- Midwest: 627
- South: 268
- West: 171
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $128,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,067
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 45
- 3 or 4: 102
- Mobile homes: 367
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,900
Housing units in Perche township with a mortgage: 399 (55 second mortgage, 67 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 152
- Construction (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Perche township:
- German (25.7%)
- United States or American (20.0%)
- English (11.6%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (25%)
- Poland (23%)
- Germany (20%)
- Netherlands (16%)
- Panama (16%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,548 (73%)
- Carpooled: 397 (19%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 37 (2%)
- Other means: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 124 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Wood (10%)
95.9% of residents of Perche township speak English at home.
3.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,974- In family households: 3,565 (954 male householders, 190 female householders)
1,000 spouses, 1,269 children (1,115 natural, 34 adopted, 120 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 14 other relatives, 91 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 409 (164 male householders (121 living alone)), 145 female householders (112 living alone)), 100 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 469 2-persons, 284 3-persons, 235 4-persons, 105 5-persons, 34 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 233 1-person, 61 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
842 married couples with children.
225 single-parent households (58 men, 167 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
Here: | 5.3% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 1.7% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
Here: | 11.5% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |