Deer Creek township, Bates County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Deer Creek township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
53% of Deer Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1713
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 308
- South: 127
- West: 76
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
58 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 727
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 19
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 106
Median worth of mobile homes: $51,000
Housing units in Deer Creek township with a mortgage: 276 (21 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 187
- Construction (28%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Carpenters (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Deer Creek township:
- United States or American (27.4%)
- German (24.5%)
- English (11.5%)
- Irish (7.5%)
- Dutch (4.6%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
- European (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (78%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 734 (72%)
- Carpooled: 197 (19%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 1 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 19 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 60 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Wood (4%)
58 people in nursing homes
98.9% of residents of Deer Creek township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (45% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 36% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,214- In family households: 1,975 (544 male householders, 82 female householders)
548 spouses, 713 children (635 natural, 24 adopted, 54 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 16 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 239 (85 male householders (62 living alone)), 111 female householders (109 living alone)), 43 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 50 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 264 2-persons, 148 3-persons, 129 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 171 1-person, 6 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
450 married couples with children.
111 single-parent households (25 men, 86 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 26.5% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |