Union township, Franklin County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (55% naturalized citizens)
Union township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
58% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12303
- Northeast: 73
- Midwest: 924
- South: 688
- West: 342
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Union township, Missouri:
- 100 people in nursing homes
- 96 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,119
- One, attached: 42
- Two: 199
- 3 or 4: 134
- 5 to 9: 63
- 10 to 19: 92
- 20 to 49: 8
- Mobile homes: 943
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 15
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,900
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 1,922 (150 second mortgage, 169 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,030
- Construction (17%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Health care (12%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (53.0%)
- United States or American (11.7%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- English (6.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- Italian (2.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (28%)
- United Kingdom (19%)
- Canada (16%)
- India (10%)
- Philippines (10%)
- Mexico (10%)
- Korea (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,031 (82%)
- Carpooled: 971 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 50 (1%)
- Other means: 51 (1%)
- Worked at home: 257 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Wood (4%)
People in group quarters in Union township, Missouri:
- 100 people in nursing homes
- 96 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.8% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 11% 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: 14,211- In family households: 12,548 (3,250 male householders, 679 female householders)
3,148 spouses, 4,810 children (4,304 natural, 108 adopted, 398 stepchildren), 181 grandchildren, 49 brothers or sisters, 38 parents, 98 other relatives, 295 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,663 (633 male householders (469 living alone)), 720 female householders (665 living alone)), 310 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 227 (195 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,537 2-persons, 932 3-persons, 853 4-persons, 384 5-persons, 172 6-persons, 51 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,134 1-person, 157 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
3,092 married couples with children.
713 single-parent households (204 men, 509 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 280
Here: | 15.4% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 93
Here: | 9.9% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 85
Here: | 16.0% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |