Rolla township, Phelps County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (23% naturalized citizens)
| Rolla township: | 6.6% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
36% of Rolla township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9097
- Northeast: 448
- Midwest: 2275
- South: 1547
- West: 873
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $87,300
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: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Rolla township, Missouri:
- 1,639 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 60 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 38 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 21 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,057
- One, attached: 84
- Two: 318
- 3 or 4: 555
- 5 to 9: 372
- 10 to 19: 227
- 20 to 49: 255
- 50 or more: 268
- Mobile homes: 518
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,800
Housing units in Rolla township with a mortgage: 1,420 (122 second mortgage, 75 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 961
- Educational services (28%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Health care (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rolla township:
- German (23.4%)
- United States or American (15.6%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- English (10.2%)
- Italian (3.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.8%)
- Polish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (18%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (16%)
- Turkey (9%)
- Mexico (6%)
- Germany (6%)
- Egypt (4%)
- Canada (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,634 (70%)
- Carpooled: 786 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 21 (0%)
- Taxi: 28 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 14 (0%)
- Bicycle: 63 (1%)
- Walked: 792 (12%)
- Other means: 32 (0%)
- Worked at home: 220 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (44%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (4%)
People in group quarters in Rolla township, Missouri:
- 1,639 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 60 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 38 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 21 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in nursing homes
91.1% of residents of Rolla township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,576- In family households: 10,164 (2,569 male householders, 861 female householders)
2,736 spouses, 3,487 children (3,177 natural, 70 adopted, 240 stepchildren), 138 grandchildren, 84 brothers or sisters, 58 parents, 69 other relatives, 162 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,412 (1,367 male householders (960 living alone)), 1,228 female householders (1,100 living alone)), 817 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,786 (62 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,658 2-persons, 771 3-persons, 627 4-persons, 254 5-persons, 74 6-persons, 46 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,060 1-person, 360 2-persons, 128 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
2,005 married couples with children.
889 single-parent households (155 men, 734 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 219
| Here: | 15.2% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 48
| Here: | 7.2% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 132
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |