Franklin township, Howard County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (38% naturalized citizens)
Franklin township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
58% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1549
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 149
- South: 72
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
28 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 582
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 68
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 141
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,000
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 211 (13 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 144
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Food (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (37.8%)
- United States or American (19.5%)
- Irish (9.9%)
- English (8.0%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- European (1.7%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (62%)
- Germany (23%)
- Japan (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 620 (72%)
- Carpooled: 139 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 1 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 36 (4%)
- Worked at home: 67 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (3%)
28 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.1% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 29% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,828- In family households: 1,586 (431 male householders, 97 female householders)
426 spouses, 571 children (540 natural, 8 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 9 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 242 (95 male householders (91 living alone)), 128 female householders (118 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 28 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 231 2-persons, 131 3-persons, 115 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 209 1-person, 10 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
334 married couples with children.
122 single-parent households (34 men, 88 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
Here: | 4.8% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 11.0% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 31
Here: | 45.6% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |