Springfield township, Greene County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Springfield township: | 2.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
42% of Springfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 91193
- Northeast: 4237
- Midwest: 22451
- South: 17799
- West: 11305
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $64,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Springfield township, Missouri:
- 6,829 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 1,376 people in nursing homes
- 1,265 people in federal prisons and detention centers
- 710 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 227 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 137 people in other group homes
- 92 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 90 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 79 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 79 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 60 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 37 people in halfway houses
- 31 people in religious group quarters
- 30 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 16 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 14 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 11 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 7 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 45,932
- One, attached: 2,103
- Two: 3,315
- 3 or 4: 2,319
- 5 to 9: 3,385
- 10 to 19: 3,828
- 20 to 49: 3,659
- 50 or more: 3,345
- Mobile homes: 1,939
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 48
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,000
Housing units in Springfield township with a mortgage: 20,193 (2,002 second mortgage, 1,917 home equity loan, 45 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,593
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Springfield township:
- German (20.0%)
- United States or American (16.5%)
- English (11.4%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
- Italian (2.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (15%)
- Germany (8%)
- Vietnam (7%)
- Korea (7%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Canada (5%)
- India (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 59,218 (80%)
- Carpooled: 8,116 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 736 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 17 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 6 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 6 (0%)
- Taxi: 163 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 97 (0%)
- Bicycle: 417 (1%)
- Walked: 2,667 (4%)
- Other means: 556 (1%)
- Worked at home: 1,925 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Springfield township, Missouri:
- 6,829 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 1,376 people in nursing homes
- 1,265 people in federal prisons and detention centers
- 710 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 227 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 137 people in other group homes
- 92 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 90 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 79 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 79 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 60 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 37 people in halfway houses
- 31 people in religious group quarters
- 30 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 16 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 14 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 11 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 7 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
95.1% of residents of Springfield township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 140,824- In family households: 104,189 (26,207 male householders, 9,721 female householders)
26,388 spouses, 33,777 children (30,757 natural, 962 adopted, 2,058 stepchildren), 1,808 grandchildren, 1,191 brothers or sisters, 740 parents, 1,218 other relatives, 3,139 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 36,635 (12,801 male householders (9,447 living alone)), 16,047 female householders (13,257 living alone)), 7,787 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10,991 (2,955 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 18,074 2-persons, 8,247 3-persons, 6,108 4-persons, 2,349 5-persons, 756 6-persons, 394 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 22,704 1-person, 4,910 2-persons, 936 3-persons, 186 4-persons, 76 5-persons, 36 6-persons,
18,043 married couples with children.
9,172 single-parent households (2,010 men, 7,162 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,034
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 525
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5,040
| Here: | 26.6% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |