Marion township, Cole County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (89% naturalized citizens)
| Marion township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
61% of Marion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2967
- Northeast: 52
- Midwest: 228
- South: 193
- West: 116
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $68,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,054
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 21
- 3 or 4: 79
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 280
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,600
Housing units in Marion township with a mortgage: 420 (43 second mortgage, 46 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 193
- Construction (21%)
- Public administration (19%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Public administration (32%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Printing workers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Child care workers (3%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marion township:
- German (46.8%)
- United States or American (17.3%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- English (7.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (32%)
- Mexico (26%)
- Ireland (21%)
- Hungary (11%)
- Vietnam (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,473 (78%)
- Carpooled: 311 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Taxi: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 17 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 70 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (34%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Wood (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.7% of residents of Marion township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 41% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,592- In family households: 3,201 (834 male householders, 194 female householders)
844 spouses, 1,206 children (1,120 natural, 24 adopted, 62 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 9 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 391 (163 male householders (132 living alone)), 187 female householders (170 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 389 2-persons, 279 3-persons, 229 4-persons, 97 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 302 1-person, 46 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
733 married couples with children.
223 single-parent households (64 men, 159 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 154
| Here: | 31.6% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 59
| Here: | 28.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 16.2% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |