Highland township, Oregon County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 52.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 462 (all rural)
| Males: 247 |  (53.5%) |
| Females: 215 |  (46.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 462 (390 owner occupied, 72 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Highland township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.9%
- Two or more races: 3.9%
Median age of males: 35.7
Median age of females: 35.3
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Average household size: 2.60
| Highland township: | 2.6 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.99
| Highland township: | $27,480 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $325 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $70,392 (it was $53,600 in 2000)
| : | $70,392 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 9 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 10.2% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Rover Volunteer Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Highland township: Redburn Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Redburn Cemetery (1), Jolliff Graveyard (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Howell Creek (A), Water Branch (B), Turkey Creek (C), Rover Branch (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
43% of Highland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 273
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 81
- South: 58
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 109
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 63
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,100
Housing units in Highland township with a mortgage: 5 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (12%)
- Health care (12%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (11%)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (8%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Educational services (35%)
- Health care (24%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (11%)
- Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Wood products (2%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (8%)
- Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (25%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (11%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (10%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Highland township:
- United States or American (33.3%)
- English (25.9%)
- German (14.6%)
- Irish (6.8%)
- Scottish (3.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Lithuanian (0.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 177 (74%)
- Carpooled: 50 (21%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 10 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Wood (27%)
- Electricity (10%)
- No fuel used (5%)
95.2% of residents of Highland township speak English at home.
4.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 461- In family households: 372 (104 male householders, 27 female householders)
120 spouses, 116 children (114 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 89 (49 male householders (35 living alone)), 22 female householders (21 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 63 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 56 1-person, 15 2-persons,
105 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (17 men, 6 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% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |