Wakenda township, Carroll County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 31.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.8 sq. mi.
Population: 467 (41% urban, 59% rural)
| Males: 223 |  (47.8%) |
| Females: 244 |  (52.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 467 (328 owner occupied, 139 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 30% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Wakenda township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.9%
- Black: 1.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.6%
- Asian: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 0.9%
Median age of males: 38.5
Median age of females: 38.3
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Average household size: 2.51
| Wakenda township: | 2.5 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.94
| Wakenda township: | $45,566 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $341 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $81,573 (it was $55,600 in 2000)
| : | $81,573 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 15 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 19.5% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Lakes and reservoirs: Bowdry Lake (A), Carrollton Recreation Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Brush Creek (A), Stanley Branch (B), Old Channel Wakenda Creek (C), Miller Branch (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
55% of Wakenda township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 474
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 29
- South: 33
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 211
- 3 or 4: 15
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 18
Housing units in Wakenda township with a mortgage: 61 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 37
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (18%)
- Utilities (13%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Private households (15%)
- Health care (12%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Paper (7%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (21%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (17%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Child care workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wakenda township:
- United States or American (23.5%)
- German (23.2%)
- English (18.0%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- French (except Basque) (7.0%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 249 (84%)
- Carpooled: 42 (14%)
- Worked at home: 6 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
97.2% of residents of Wakenda township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 543- In family households: 493 (117 male householders, 51 female householders)
114 spouses, 200 children (160 natural, 0 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 50 (20 male householders (11 living alone)), 13 female householders (13 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 58 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 14 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 24 1-person, 9 3-persons,
83 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (6 men, 16 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% |