Sarcoxie township, Jasper County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Sarcoxie township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
53% of Sarcoxie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2030
- Northeast: 44
- Midwest: 262
- South: 269
- West: 196
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
32 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 896
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 63
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 254
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,300
Housing units in Sarcoxie township with a mortgage: 258 (25 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 225
- Construction (11%)
- Wood products (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Leather and allied products (5%)
- Food (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sarcoxie township:
- United States or American (28.2%)
- German (22.8%)
- Irish (12.4%)
- English (7.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.5%)
- Italian (2.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (32%)
- Philippines (24%)
- Vietnam (16%)
- Ireland (8%)
- Germany (8%)
- Japan (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 954 (81%)
- Carpooled: 168 (14%)
- Walked: 20 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 35 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Wood (10%)
32 people in nursing homes
97.8% of residents of Sarcoxie township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (17% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,805- In family households: 2,442 (607 male householders, 175 female householders)
634 spouses, 858 children (765 natural, 23 adopted, 70 stepchildren), 64 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 29 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 363 (141 male householders (117 living alone)), 184 female householders (174 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 32 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 345 2-persons, 171 3-persons, 131 4-persons, 105 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 291 1-person, 28 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
543 married couples with children.
158 single-parent households (26 men, 132 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 18.9% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |