Pleasant Valley township, Wright County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (80% naturalized citizens)
| Pleasant Valley township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
55% of Pleasant Valley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1803
- Northeast: 65
- Midwest: 322
- South: 318
- West: 221
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
39 people in nursing homes
2 people in other workers' dormitories
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 824
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 104
- 3 or 4: 17
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 15
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 213
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,700
Housing units in Pleasant Valley township with a mortgage: 250 (12 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 157
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pleasant Valley township:
- United States or American (35.8%)
- German (14.6%)
- Irish (12.7%)
- English (7.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (40%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (30%)
- Other Northern Africa (30%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 872 (73%)
- Carpooled: 209 (18%)
- Walked: 19 (2%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 76 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Utility gas (25%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
39 people in nursing homes
2 people in other workers' dormitories
97.6% of residents of Pleasant Valley township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 13% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,703- In family households: 2,365 (649 male householders, 155 female householders)
643 spouses, 795 children (723 natural, 13 adopted, 59 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 18 other relatives, 42 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 338 (118 male householders (107 living alone)), 192 female householders (184 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 41 (36 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 361 2-persons, 179 3-persons, 173 4-persons, 56 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 291 1-person, 13 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
523 married couples with children.
186 single-parent households (48 men, 138 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |