Polk township, Adair County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Polk township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
65% of Polk township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 329
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 151
- South: 2
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 174
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,300
Housing units in Polk township with a mortgage: 34 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 40
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (14%)
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Food (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Personal and laundry services (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Printing workers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Personal appearance workers (5%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Polk township:
- German (34.8%)
- United States or American (27.7%)
- English (10.0%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- Italian (5.3%)
- Czech (2.7%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 223 (88%)
- Carpooled: 21 (8%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 7 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Wood (1%)
95.1% of residents of Polk township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (28% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 516- In family households: 460 (120 male householders, 24 female householders)
132 spouses, 143 children (138 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 13 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 56 (10 male householders (6 living alone)), 41 female householders (41 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 66 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 47 1-person, 4 2-persons,
116 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (10 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |