Miller township, Marion County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (29% naturalized citizens)
| Miller township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
53% of Miller township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4036
- Northeast: 57
- Midwest: 1074
- South: 315
- West: 212
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $44,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Miller township, Missouri:
- 350 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 77 people in nursing homes
- 37 people in other group homes
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,718
- One, attached: 82
- Two: 168
- 3 or 4: 95
- 5 to 9: 88
- 10 to 19: 57
- 20 to 49: 58
- Mobile homes: 54
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,000
Housing units in Miller township with a mortgage: 836 (44 second mortgage, 47 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 552
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Miller township:
- German (26.6%)
- United States or American (23.6%)
- English (13.2%)
- Irish (10.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
- Dutch (1.4%)
- Scottish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (46%)
- Nicaragua (20%)
- Ireland (17%)
- Argentina (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,324 (84%)
- Carpooled: 200 (7%)
- Taxi: 6 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 118 (4%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 93 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Miller township, Missouri:
- 350 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 77 people in nursing homes
- 37 people in other group homes
- 12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 4 people in homes for the mentally ill
97.7% of residents of Miller township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,290- In family households: 4,539 (1,253 male householders, 288 female householders)
1,268 spouses, 1,531 children (1,431 natural, 42 adopted, 58 stepchildren), 101 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 30 other relatives, 46 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 751 (196 male householders (147 living alone)), 446 female householders (411 living alone)), 109 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 471 (59 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 760 2-persons, 370 3-persons, 254 4-persons, 116 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 558 1-person, 67 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
913 married couples with children.
301 single-parent households (45 men, 256 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 103
| Here: | 17.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 406
| Here: | 78.2% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |