Spencer township, Ralls County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Spencer township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
67% of Spencer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1376
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 266
- South: 53
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,800
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: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 559
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 29
- 5 to 9: 17
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 193
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,700
Housing units in Spencer township with a mortgage: 172 (19 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 149
- Construction (17%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spencer township:
- United States or American (32.2%)
- German (26.8%)
- English (8.5%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- Italian (3.6%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Guatemala (38%)
- Mexico (31%)
- Philippines (15%)
- Vietnam (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 653 (79%)
- Carpooled: 89 (11%)
- Walked: 21 (3%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 53 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
96.5% of residents of Spencer township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,751- In family households: 1,516 (403 male householders, 104 female householders)
399 spouses, 549 children (503 natural, 8 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 9 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 235 (91 male householders (75 living alone)), 106 female householders (89 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 228 2-persons, 140 3-persons, 76 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 13 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 164 1-person, 25 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
333 married couples with children.
110 single-parent households (25 men, 85 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 0.9% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
| Here: | 50.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |