White Oak township, Henry County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| White Oak township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
55% of White Oak township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 502
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 106
- South: 60
- West: 53
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 286
- 3 or 4: 12
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 47
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,300
Housing units in White Oak township with a mortgage: 81 (1 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in White Oak township:
- German (31.6%)
- United States or American (26.1%)
- English (13.9%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- Swedish (2.7%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Panama (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 249 (71%)
- Carpooled: 70 (20%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 9 (3%)
- Worked at home: 19 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (64%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
96.4% of residents of White Oak township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 749- In family households: 642 (172 male householders, 36 female householders)
178 spouses, 190 children (171 natural, 8 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 12 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 107 (36 male householders (32 living alone)), 62 female householders (59 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 84 2-persons, 58 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 91 1-person, 5 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
121 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (16 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 3.9% |
| 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: 1
| Here: | 33.3% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |