Silver Creek township, Randolph County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 47.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 338 (all rural)
| Males: 164 |  (48.5%) |
| Females: 174 |  (51.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 338 (281 owner occupied, 57 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 17% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Silver Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 2.4%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 37.5
Median age of females: 35.0
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Average household size: 2.66
| Silver Creek township: | 2.7 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.08
| Silver Creek township: | $35,430 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $437 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $82,253 (it was $52,000 in 2000)
| : | $82,253 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
| Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 10.8% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 4.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Silver Creek township: Union Baptist Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoirs: Brown Lake (A), Helmich Lake (B), Vanderback Lake Section 21 (C), Quinn and Fitzgerald Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Coal Creek (A), Bagby Branch (B), Turner Fork (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
57% of Silver Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 271
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 52
- South: 13
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $18,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 107
- One, attached: 9
- Mobile homes: 49
Median worth of mobile homes: $71,700
Housing units in Silver Creek township with a mortgage: 29 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Utilities (11%)
- Rail transportation (10%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (10%)
- Health care (10%)
- Warehousing and storage (8%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Registered nurses (16%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (13%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Life, physical, and social science technicians (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Silver Creek township:
- German (29.3%)
- English (15.1%)
- United States or American (14.7%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- Norwegian (4.3%)
- Dutch (3.0%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 104 (69%)
- Carpooled: 28 (19%)
- Worked at home: 19 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Wood (10%)
- Utility gas (7%)
98.8% of residents of Silver Creek township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 351- In family households: 321 (86 male householders, 18 female householders)
88 spouses, 110 children (95 natural, 0 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 12 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 30 (12 male householders (12 living alone)), 12 female householders (5 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 49 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 17 1-person, 7 2-persons,
69 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (5 men, 10 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 25.4% |
| 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% |