Tom township, Benton County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Tom township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
52% of Tom township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1278
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 356
- South: 183
- West: 92
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $77,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
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
17 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,171
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 657
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 746
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,200
Housing units in Tom township with a mortgage: 167 (6 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 261
- Construction (22%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (20%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Social assistance (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tom township:
- United States or American (28.1%)
- German (23.8%)
- English (12.1%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Mexico (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 426 (69%)
- Carpooled: 115 (19%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 27 (4%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 38 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Wood (9%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
17 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.5% of residents of Tom township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,921- In family households: 1,693 (546 male householders, 77 female householders)
555 spouses, 403 children (333 natural, 19 adopted, 51 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 35 parents, 14 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 228 (113 male householders (113 living alone)), 100 female householders (90 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 417 2-persons, 82 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 203 1-person, 10 2-persons,
152 married couples with children.
53 single-parent households (14 men, 39 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |