Van Buren township, Jackson County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Van Buren township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
59% of Van Buren township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4621
- Northeast: 98
- Midwest: 1177
- South: 498
- West: 263
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $128,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,632
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 13
- Mobile homes: 144
Median worth of mobile homes: $73,000
Housing units in Van Buren township with a mortgage: 1,169 (99 second mortgage, 131 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 359
- Construction (20%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Van Buren township:
- German (26.9%)
- English (13.0%)
- Irish (11.8%)
- United States or American (11.8%)
- Italian (3.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (15%)
- Ukraine (12%)
- Other Eastern Europe (12%)
- Other Northern Europe (7%)
- Hungary (6%)
- Dominican Republic (6%)
- Austria (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,003 (84%)
- Carpooled: 330 (9%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (0%)
- Worked at home: 195 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.3% of residents of Van Buren township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,796- In family households: 6,125 (1,770 male householders, 284 female householders)
1,817 spouses, 1,964 children (1,733 natural, 132 adopted, 99 stepchildren), 87 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 58 other relatives, 76 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 671 (318 male householders (242 living alone)), 225 female householders (207 living alone)), 128 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 989 2-persons, 402 3-persons, 437 4-persons, 170 5-persons, 42 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 449 1-person, 79 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
1,394 married couples with children.
227 single-parent households (92 men, 135 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 62
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
| Here: | 11.9% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |