Purdy township, Barry County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 10 (26% naturalized citizens)
| Purdy township: | 9.6% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
52% of Purdy township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1128
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 205
- South: 273
- West: 158
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 585
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 57
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 172
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,300
Housing units in Purdy township with a mortgage: 159 (12 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 149
- Food (17%)
- Metal and metal products (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Food (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Food processing workers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Purdy township:
- United States or American (26.3%)
- German (13.6%)
- English (8.2%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
- Swedish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (94%)
- Korea (2%)
- Other Eastern Europe (2%)
- Canada (2%)
- Guatemala (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 679 (79%)
- Carpooled: 138 (16%)
- Walked: 1 (0%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 32 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
86.9% of residents of Purdy township speak English at home.
12.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (22% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 33% speak English not well, 26% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,995- In family households: 1,748 (446 male householders, 105 female householders)
424 spouses, 638 children (580 natural, 6 adopted, 52 stepchildren), 39 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 25 other relatives, 38 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 247 (78 male householders (61 living alone)), 141 female householders (132 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 236 2-persons, 115 3-persons, 102 4-persons, 65 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 193 1-person, 22 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
397 married couples with children.
144 single-parent households (40 men, 104 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 0.7% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |