Osage township, Laclede County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Osage township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
55% of Osage township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1156
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 194
- South: 128
- West: 121
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
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
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 495
- Mobile homes: 172
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,500
Housing units in Osage township with a mortgage: 89 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 52
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Apparel (10%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Bus drivers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Secondary school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Osage township:
- United States or American (36.7%)
- German (15.7%)
- English (13.7%)
- Irish (8.2%)
- Dutch (4.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Welsh (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (75%)
- Philippines (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 560 (76%)
- Carpooled: 97 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (1%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 59 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
- Wood (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.1% of residents of Osage township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,620- In family households: 1,454 (425 male householders, 36 female householders)
435 spouses, 476 children (423 natural, 9 adopted, 44 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 7 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 166 (75 male householders (57 living alone)), 53 female householders (50 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 225 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 92 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 107 1-person, 11 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
364 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (18 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 8.7% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 29.4% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |