South West township, Barton County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| South West township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
57% of South West township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 15% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 239
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 361
- South: 40
- West: 53
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 211
- One, attached: 1
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 8
- Mobile homes: 52
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,800
Housing units in South West township with a mortgage: 75 (6 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 45
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Plastics and rubber products (9%)
- Rail transportation (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South West township:
- United States or American (23.2%)
- German (15.2%)
- English (10.4%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- Italian (6.1%)
- Polish (5.3%)
- French Canadian (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 231 (81%)
- Carpooled: 37 (13%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 16 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (75%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.3% of residents of South West township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (13% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 703- In family households: 614 (149 male householders, 33 female householders)
166 spouses, 235 children (211 natural, 14 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 8 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 89 (49 male householders (46 living alone)), 30 female householders (30 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 78 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 76 1-person, 3 3-persons,
142 married couples with children.
28 single-parent households (6 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 8.0% |
| 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: 3
| Here: | 21.4% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |