Sheridan township, Daviess County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 34.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 318 (all rural)
| Males: 161 |  (50.6%) |
| Females: 157 |  (49.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 318 (270 owner occupied, 48 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Sheridan township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
Median age of males: 40.4
Median age of females: 40.8
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Average household size: 2.56
| Sheridan township: | 2.6 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.90
| Sheridan township: | $41,991 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $370 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $101,796 (it was $64,900 in 2000)
| : | $101,796 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 9 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 6.0% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Sheridan township: Wesley Chapel (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Wooderson Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
59% of Sheridan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 14% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 183
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 56
- South: 13
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 107
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $58,300
Housing units in Sheridan township with a mortgage: 3 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8
- Truck transportation (21%)
- Repair and maintenance (21%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (26%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (17%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (16%)
- Financial managers (14%)
- Registered nurses (12%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sheridan township:
- United States or American (35.4%)
- German (16.0%)
- European (13.1%)
- English (10.9%)
- French (except Basque) (8.0%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 93 (67%)
- Carpooled: 28 (20%)
- Other means: 7 (5%)
- Worked at home: 10 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (83%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (3%)
99.2% of residents of Sheridan township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 265- In family households: 227 (76 male householders, 5 female householders)
76 spouses, 70 children (70 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 38 (15 male householders (13 living alone)), 13 female householders (3 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 51 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 9 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person, 12 2-persons,
67 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (0 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 7.7% |
| 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% |