Prairie township, Audrain County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Prairie township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
66% of Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 886
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 125
- South: 33
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 384
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 11
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 49
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,300
Housing units in Prairie township with a mortgage: 79 (6 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 106
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie township:
- United States or American (36.9%)
- German (32.6%)
- English (10.9%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
- European (1.7%)
- British (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 428 (77%)
- Carpooled: 86 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.7% of residents of Prairie township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,097- In family households: 975 (277 male householders, 44 female householders)
274 spouses, 336 children (301 natural, 7 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 5 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 122 (57 male householders (52 living alone)), 50 female householders (42 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 142 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 76 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 94 1-person, 11 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
189 married couples with children.
78 single-parent households (31 men, 47 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 8.2% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 41.7% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |