Preston township, Jasper County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Preston township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
59% of Preston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1054
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 131
- South: 158
- West: 93
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 547
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 26
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 3
- Mobile homes: 63
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,000
Housing units in Preston township with a mortgage: 141 (9 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 160
- Construction (15%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (14%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Food (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Preston township:
- United States or American (26.4%)
- German (20.7%)
- English (12.5%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 470 (77%)
- Carpooled: 82 (13%)
- Subway or elevated: 1 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 20 (3%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 28 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.2% of residents of Preston township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
0.3% 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: 1,440- In family households: 1,244 (334 male householders, 85 female householders)
326 spouses, 406 children (362 natural, 19 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 42 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 196 (63 male householders (53 living alone)), 111 female householders (105 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 198 2-persons, 102 3-persons, 65 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 158 1-person, 14 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
236 married couples with children.
87 single-parent households (25 men, 62 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 15.1% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |