Wheaton township, Barry County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (5% naturalized citizens)
| Wheaton township: | 5.2% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
55% of Wheaton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 575
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 147
- South: 232
- West: 113
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 363
- One, attached: 9
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 18
- 10 to 19: 13
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 76
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,700
Housing units in Wheaton township with a mortgage: 97 (5 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 78
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Food (10%)
- Construction (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food (9%)
- Health care (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wheaton township:
- United States or American (25.1%)
- German (16.8%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- English (4.8%)
- French (except Basque) (4.5%)
- Polish (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (69%)
- Guatemala (20%)
- El Salvador (7%)
- Canada (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 350 (67%)
- Carpooled: 84 (16%)
- Walked: 15 (3%)
- Other means: 8 (2%)
- Worked at home: 66 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Wood (6%)
92.2% of residents of Wheaton township speak English at home.
7.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,141- In family households: 1,003 (264 male householders, 56 female householders)
272 spouses, 346 children (319 natural, 0 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 24 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 138 (36 male householders (31 living alone)), 90 female householders (79 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 144 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person, 16 2-persons,
217 married couples with children.
84 single-parent households (19 men, 65 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 5.2% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |