Southeast Marion township, Polk County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (88% naturalized citizens)
| Southeast Marion township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
34% of Southeast Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1829
- Northeast: 68
- Midwest: 349
- South: 306
- West: 361
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Southeast Marion township, Missouri:
- 147 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 33 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 15 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 10 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 872
- One, attached: 40
- Two: 88
- 3 or 4: 90
- 5 to 9: 54
- 10 to 19: 34
- 20 to 49: 13
- Mobile homes: 173
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,100
Housing units in Southeast Marion township with a mortgage: 247 (18 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 265
- Educational services (14%)
- Construction (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (19%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Religious workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Southeast Marion township:
- United States or American (23.8%)
- German (14.3%)
- English (12.0%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
- Welsh (3.1%)
- Romanian (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (59%)
- Philippines (13%)
- Panama (12%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (8%)
- Thailand (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,161 (81%)
- Carpooled: 167 (12%)
- Walked: 64 (4%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (2%)
People in group quarters in Southeast Marion township, Missouri:
- 147 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 33 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 15 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 10 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
93.8% of residents of Southeast Marion township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,838- In family households: 2,283 (619 male householders, 162 female householders)
661 spouses, 725 children (653 natural, 12 adopted, 60 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 37 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 555 (161 male householders (126 living alone)), 279 female householders (236 living alone)), 115 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 206 (30 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 359 2-persons, 201 3-persons, 140 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 44 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 362 1-person, 51 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
499 married couples with children.
187 single-parent households (44 men, 143 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
| Here: | 12.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 262
| Here: | 73.8% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |