Sherman township, Dallas County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sherman township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
76% of Sherman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 299
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 62
- South: 84
- West: 34
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 170
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 5
- Mobile homes: 67
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,300
Housing units in Sherman township with a mortgage: 4 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 42
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Construction (22%)
- Food (7%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Health care (15%)
- Food and beverage stores (13%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (11%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (8%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (21%)
- Financial managers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Personal appearance workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sherman township:
- German (32.0%)
- United States or American (29.3%)
- English (19.9%)
- Irish (13.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
- Swiss (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 117 (59%)
- Carpooled: 41 (21%)
- Walked: 14 (7%)
- Other means: 5 (3%)
- Worked at home: 20 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (58%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Wood (16%)
88.1% of residents of Sherman township speak English at home.
10.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (53% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 485- In family households: 420 (130 male householders, 18 female householders)
136 spouses, 124 children (115 natural, 0 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 12 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 65 (39 male householders (39 living alone)), 26 female householders (26 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 64 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 2 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 65 1-person,
115 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (5 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 4.8% |
| 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: 12
| Here: | 66.7% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |