Homer township, Bates County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Homer township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
50% of Homer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 282
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 114
- South: 35
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 152
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,800
Housing units in Homer township with a mortgage: 42 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 31
- Construction (31%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (13%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Carpenters (13%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Homer township:
- United States or American (32.5%)
- German (17.1%)
- English (12.9%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.0%)
- Swedish (4.6%)
- Dutch (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 115 (66%)
- Carpooled: 44 (25%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 8 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Wood (14%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.8% of residents of Homer township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 454- In family households: 393 (103 male householders, 15 female householders)
103 spouses, 141 children (126 natural, 2 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 12 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 61 (17 male householders (11 living alone)), 29 female householders (25 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 46 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 25 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 36 1-person, 8 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
85 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (11 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 17.6% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |