Union township, Wright County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (11% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 3.7% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
64% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 800
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 150
- South: 111
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 369
- One, attached: 4
- 3 or 4: 18
- Mobile homes: 138
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,400
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 22 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Construction (12%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Apparel (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- United States or American (35.1%)
- German (13.9%)
- Irish (13.6%)
- English (9.9%)
- Norwegian (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Italian (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (82%)
- Germany (9%)
- Canada (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 310 (64%)
- Carpooled: 87 (18%)
- Walked: 21 (4%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 65 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Wood (37%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
94.2% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 39% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 38% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,225- In family households: 1,101 (319 male householders, 45 female householders)
315 spouses, 336 children (325 natural, 11 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 13 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 124 (44 male householders (39 living alone)), 68 female householders (61 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 185 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 100 1-person, 12 2-persons,
226 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (12 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 3.8% |
| 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% |