Union township, Cass County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
Union township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
68% of Union 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, 61% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1250
- Northeast: 40
- Midwest: 439
- South: 147
- West: 112
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $154,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 755
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,300
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 342 (19 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Construction (18%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (26.6%)
- English (14.0%)
- Irish (12.4%)
- United States or American (11.9%)
- Swedish (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Brazil (45%)
- Greece (15%)
- Canada (15%)
- Germany (10%)
- Philippines (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 877 (82%)
- Carpooled: 128 (12%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 49 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
97.3% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (42% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,008- In family households: 1,828 (524 male householders, 64 female householders)
529 spouses, 608 children (516 natural, 11 adopted, 81 stepchildren), 50 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 21 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 180 (61 male householders (30 living alone)), 74 female householders (57 living alone)), 45 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 279 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 119 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 87 1-person, 46 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
421 married couples with children.
61 single-parent households (12 men, 49 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 35
Here: | 14.1% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20
Here: | 14.0% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 30
Here: | 56.6% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |