Center township, Vernon County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (38% naturalized citizens)
| Center township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
62% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6543
- Northeast: 62
- Midwest: 624
- South: 717
- West: 196
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $81,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Center township, Missouri:
- 251 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 213 people in nursing homes
- 152 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 123 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 107 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,723
- One, attached: 23
- Two: 204
- 3 or 4: 145
- 5 to 9: 166
- 10 to 19: 31
- 20 to 49: 48
- Mobile homes: 262
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,100
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 1,349 (153 second mortgage, 134 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 745
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- United States or American (35.5%)
- German (22.8%)
- English (13.0%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
- Norwegian (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (23%)
- Korea (22%)
- Philippines (18%)
- Mexico (13%)
- Vietnam (9%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Japan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,510 (85%)
- Carpooled: 411 (10%)
- Bicycle: 14 (0%)
- Walked: 89 (2%)
- Worked at home: 91 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
People in group quarters in Center township, Missouri:
- 251 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 213 people in nursing homes
- 152 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 123 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 107 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.6% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,110- In family households: 6,914 (1,748 male householders, 540 female householders)
1,901 spouses, 2,312 children (2,120 natural, 73 adopted, 119 stepchildren), 105 grandchildren, 63 brothers or sisters, 40 parents, 54 other relatives, 151 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,196 (414 male householders (358 living alone)), 671 female householders (618 living alone)), 111 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 201 (177 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,102 2-persons, 463 3-persons, 432 4-persons, 200 5-persons, 84 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 976 1-person, 104 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
1,558 married couples with children.
613 single-parent households (114 men, 499 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 70
| Here: | 7.8% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 28
| Here: | 6.2% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 68
| Here: | 26.3% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |