Bear Creek township, Montgomery County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 103.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.6 sq. mi.
Population: 2,601 (all rural)
| Males: 1,301 |  (50.0%) |
| Females: 1,300 |  (50.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,551 (1,972 owner occupied, 579 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 23% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Bear Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.5%
- Black: 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 0.8%
- Two or more races: 1.5%
Median age of males: 38.8
Median age of females: 40.1
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Average household size: 2.51
| Bear Creek township: | 2.5 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.03
| Bear Creek township: | $39,855 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $426 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $98,685 (it was $69,000 in 2000)
| : | $98,685 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 25 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 5.1% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Jonesburg, Bellflower, High Hill.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: High Hill Camp (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Bear Creek township include: Providence Church (A), Prices Branch Christian Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Mount Pleasant Cemetery (1), Saint Paul Cemetery (2), Baptist Cemetery of Bellflower (3), Prices Branch Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Godbold Irrigation Reservoir (A), Golden Eagle Lake (B), Heron Lake (C), Number 220 Reservoir (D), Cool Valley Lake (E), Golden Eagle Lake (F), Robertson Lake (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Little Bear Creek (A), Prices Branch (B), Poor Branch (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
85% of Bear Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 109
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 8
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
50 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 63
Housing units in Bear Creek township with a mortgage: 2 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bear Creek township:
- Norwegian (33.6%)
- German (32.7%)
- United States or American (19.1%)
- French (except Basque) (5.5%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
- Danish (1.8%)
- English (1.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 62 (78%)
- Walked: 4 (5%)
- Worked at home: 13 (16%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (75%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Electricity (8%)
50 people in nursing homes
93.9% of residents of Bear Creek township speak English at home.
6.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 118- In family households: 104 (33 male householders, 3 female householders)
35 spouses, 33 children (33 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 14 (10 male householders (10 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 14 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 14 1-person,
471 married couples with children.
134 single-parent households (49 men, 85 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% |