Dresden township, Pettis County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (12% naturalized citizens)
| Dresden township: | 5.9% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
63% of Dresden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 520
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 42
- South: 50
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $35,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 239
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 44
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,100
Housing units in Dresden township with a mortgage: 52 (5 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 36
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dresden township:
- German (24.2%)
- United States or American (13.8%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- English (10.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
- European (3.8%)
- Swedish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (66%)
- Ukraine (27%)
- Korea (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 272 (82%)
- Carpooled: 48 (15%)
- Ferryboat: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 8 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Wood (11%)
92.1% of residents of Dresden township speak English at home.
5.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (9% speak English very well, 46% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 20% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (31% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 688- In family households: 607 (161 male householders, 24 female householders)
151 spouses, 254 children (224 natural, 8 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 81 (25 male householders (20 living alone)), 39 female householders (34 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 66 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 54 1-person, 7 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
154 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (18 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 14.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 28.8% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |