West township, New Madrid County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| West township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
62% of West township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1221
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 118
- South: 303
- West: 62
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $11,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 607
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 2
- 20 to 49: 1
- Mobile homes: 158
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,800
Housing units in West township with a mortgage: 188 (2 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 217
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Construction (11%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
- Food (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (23%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West township:
- United States or American (35.2%)
- Irish (13.9%)
- German (9.8%)
- English (9.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
- Italian (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (43%)
- Australia (29%)
- Guatemala (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 565 (84%)
- Carpooled: 60 (9%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 17 (3%)
- Other means: 14 (2%)
- Worked at home: 13 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (15%)
98.9% of residents of West township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (22% speak English well, 78% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,713- In family households: 1,482 (415 male householders, 85 female householders)
426 spouses, 432 children (351 natural, 2 adopted, 79 stepchildren), 55 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 19 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 231 (96 male householders (76 living alone)), 104 female householders (98 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 218 2-persons, 146 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 14 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 174 1-person, 22 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
289 married couples with children.
80 single-parent households (34 men, 46 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 8.3% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |