Spring River township, Lawrence County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 16 (11% naturalized citizens)
| Spring River township: | 16.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
55% of Spring River township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1110
- Northeast: 20
- Midwest: 237
- South: 131
- West: 220
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 506
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 9
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 229
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,600
Housing units in Spring River township with a mortgage: 128 (11 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 75
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Food (15%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Food (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Food processing workers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spring River township:
- German (19.8%)
- United States or American (13.1%)
- English (7.6%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
- European (2.2%)
- Italian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (87%)
- Other Eastern Africa (10%)
- Other Eastern Asia (1%)
- Guatemala (1%)
- Canada (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 650 (70%)
- Carpooled: 212 (23%)
- Walked: 3 (0%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 59 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Utility gas (29%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (9%)
75.4% of residents of Spring River township speak English at home.
21.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,067- In family households: 1,866 (472 male householders, 68 female householders)
467 spouses, 724 children (658 natural, 18 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 33 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 15 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 201 (85 male householders (68 living alone)), 84 female householders (77 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 206 2-persons, 124 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 145 1-person, 24 2-persons,
496 married couples with children.
93 single-parent households (36 men, 57 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
| Here: | 12.2% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 3.5% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 20.6% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |