Spencer township, Pike County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (85% naturalized citizens)
Spencer township: | 5.8% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
76% of Spencer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5887
- Northeast: 60
- Midwest: 121
- South: 52
- West: 51
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,844
- One, attached: 80
- Two: 220
- 3 or 4: 63
- 5 to 9: 35
- 20 to 49: 5
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 410
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,700
Housing units in Spencer township with a mortgage: 714 (43 second mortgage, 201 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 742
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spencer township:
- German (24.8%)
- Italian (20.2%)
- Polish (8.7%)
- United States or American (7.8%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- English (5.8%)
- Slovak (5.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (36%)
- Germany (23%)
- Argentina (17%)
- Yugoslavia (15%)
- Other Eastern Europe (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,414 (88%)
- Carpooled: 226 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 74 (3%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 27 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (46%)
- Utility gas (34%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
95.9% of residents of Spencer township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,224- In family households: 5,430 (1,464 male householders, 343 female householders)
1,462 spouses, 1,917 children (1,839 natural, 13 adopted, 65 stepchildren), 76 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 49 other relatives, 81 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 794 (326 male householders (286 living alone)), 403 female householders (374 living alone)), 65 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 803 2-persons, 467 3-persons, 382 4-persons, 108 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 660 1-person, 69 2-persons,
160 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (17 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 87
Here: | 14.0% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 35
Here: | 10.0% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 51
Here: | 26.2% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |