Sparta township, Christian County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Sparta township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
47% of Sparta township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1316
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 241
- South: 165
- West: 149
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $68,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 583
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 4
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 186
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,800
Housing units in Sparta township with a mortgage: 221 (11 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 132
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sparta township:
- United States or American (36.2%)
- German (15.7%)
- English (13.2%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
- Italian (2.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Germany (17%)
- Romania (17%)
- Korea (17%)
- Jamaica (17%)
- Mexico (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 745 (80%)
- Carpooled: 128 (14%)
- Bicycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 46 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Electricity (41%)
- Wood (8%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.9% of residents of Sparta township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,913- In family households: 1,672 (440 male householders, 120 female householders)
453 spouses, 559 children (484 natural, 11 adopted, 64 stepchildren), 32 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 29 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 241 (87 male householders (78 living alone)), 122 female householders (108 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 260 2-persons, 139 3-persons, 120 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 186 1-person, 21 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
347 married couples with children.
144 single-parent households (42 men, 102 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 1.1% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |