Union township, Perry County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
72% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 877
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 60
- South: 53
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $63,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 395
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 108 (11 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 111
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (9%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Food (8%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Woodworkers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (71.5%)
- United States or American (14.3%)
- Irish (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
- Scottish (1.4%)
- English (1.2%)
- Italian (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 412 (71%)
- Carpooled: 125 (22%)
- Walked: 20 (3%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 22 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
- Wood (25%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Electricity (21%)
90.2% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
8.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,008- In family households: 873 (253 male householders, 34 female householders)
265 spouses, 284 children (279 natural, 3 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 135 (62 male householders (59 living alone)), 59 female householders (53 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 126 2-persons, 84 3-persons, 52 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 112 1-person, 7 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
243 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (11 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 38
| Here: | 48.1% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24
| Here: | 32.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |