Prairie township, Howard County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Prairie township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
67% of Prairie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 755
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 98
- South: 17
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $11,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 294
- One, attached: 5
- Mobile homes: 72
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,700
Housing units in Prairie township with a mortgage: 27 (0 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 69
- Construction (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Prairie township:
- German (39.4%)
- United States or American (12.9%)
- English (9.5%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.7%)
- Polish (4.5%)
- European (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (50%)
- Egypt (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 347 (84%)
- Carpooled: 48 (12%)
- Walked: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 13 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (40%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Wood (16%)
- Electricity (11%)
98.2% of residents of Prairie township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 888- In family households: 807 (235 male householders, 18 female householders)
234 spouses, 283 children (240 natural, 13 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 14 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 81 (26 male householders (19 living alone)), 49 female householders (49 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 107 2-persons, 58 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 68 1-person, 7 2-persons,
171 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (12 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
Here: | 24.7% |
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: 13
Here: | 59.1% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |