Wilson township, Dallas County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 53.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,139 (all rural)
| Males: 579 |  (50.8%) |
| Females: 560 |  (49.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,139 (973 owner occupied, 166 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Wilson township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.9%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.6%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 1.8%
Median age of males: 39.5
Median age of females: 39.4
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Average household size: 2.60
| Wilson township: | 2.6 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.92
| Wilson township: | $39,740 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $395 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $98,587 (it was $70,200 in 2000)
| : | $98,587 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 21 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 11.6% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 5.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Long Lane Volunteer Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Wilson township include: Liberty Church (A), Cedar Ridge Church (B), Holiness Church (C), Cloverdale Church (D), Cedar Ridge Church (E), New Hope Church (F), New Prospect Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Fourmile Cemetery (1), Pisgah Cemetery (2), Hill Cemetery (3), Liberty Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Dry Fork (A), Dousinbury Creek (B), Bell Fork (C), Walker Branch (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
56% of Wilson 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, 66% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 634
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 148
- South: 111
- West: 115
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $41,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 300
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 152
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,200
Housing units in Wilson township with a mortgage: 53 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8
- Construction (26%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (15%)
- Carpenters (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wilson township:
- German (28.1%)
- United States or American (21.7%)
- English (11.6%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
- Polish (3.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 366 (82%)
- Carpooled: 54 (12%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Worked at home: 21 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Wood (34%)
- Electricity (24%)
99.1% of residents of Wilson township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,028- In family households: 827 (209 male householders, 70 female householders)
245 spouses, 247 children (209 natural, 2 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 201 (81 male householders (61 living alone)), 48 female householders (36 living alone)), 72 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 124 2-persons, 73 3-persons, 57 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 1 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 97 1-person, 12 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 7 5-persons,
211 married couples with children.
57 single-parent households (7 men, 50 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% |