Polk township, Nodaway County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (35% naturalized citizens)
| Polk township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
62% of Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1765
- Northeast: 168
- Midwest: 32
- South: 573
- West: 67
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
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 Polk township, Missouri:
- 1,888 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 525 people in state prisons
- 247 people in nursing homes
- 25 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 22 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 12 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 699
- One, attached: 151
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 5
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 217
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,700
Housing units in Polk township with a mortgage: 460 (75 second mortgage, 121 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 155
- Construction (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (3%)
- Secondary school teachers (3%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polk township:
- Irish (15.3%)
- English (13.5%)
- Italian (13.3%)
- German (13.3%)
- United States or American (11.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
- Polish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (29%)
- United Kingdom (24%)
- Mexico (12%)
- Ecuador (11%)
- Colombia (6%)
- Germany (5%)
- France (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,043 (78%)
- Carpooled: 185 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Railroad: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 89 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Utility gas (29%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (3%)
People in group quarters in Polk township, Missouri:
- 1,888 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 525 people in state prisons
- 247 people in nursing homes
- 25 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 22 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 12 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
91.6% of residents of Polk township speak English at home.
6.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 16% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,716- In family households: 2,379 (657 male householders, 116 female householders)
652 spouses, 753 children (708 natural, 19 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 84 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 337 (105 male householders (79 living alone)), 158 female householders (151 living alone)), 74 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 96 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 337 2-persons, 153 3-persons, 152 4-persons, 102 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 230 1-person, 26 2-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
1,736 married couples with children.
405 single-parent households (74 men, 331 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
| Here: | 16.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 18.3% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |