West Bridges township, Ozark County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (78% naturalized citizens)
| West Bridges township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
56% of West Bridges township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 477
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 191
- South: 313
- West: 86
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
74 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 418
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 27
- 3 or 4: 41
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 71
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,300
Housing units in West Bridges township with a mortgage: 102 (0 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 90
- Construction (13%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Bridges township:
- United States or American (35.4%)
- German (17.3%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- English (6.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- French Canadian (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (33%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Other Northern Europe (22%)
- Hungary (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 330 (77%)
- Carpooled: 68 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 16 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (58%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Wood (14%)
- Utility gas (2%)
74 people in nursing homes
97.9% of residents of West Bridges township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,048- In family households: 878 (254 male householders, 62 female householders)
247 spouses, 272 children (241 natural, 2 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 11 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 170 (76 male householders (65 living alone)), 86 female householders (86 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 74 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 159 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 151 1-person, 11 2-persons,
174 married couples with children.
51 single-parent households (9 men, 42 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): 1
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |