Union township, Benton County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Union township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
64% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 744
- Northeast: 56
- Midwest: 284
- South: 142
- West: 118
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households


Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 938
- Two: 7
- Mobile homes: 388
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 42
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,700
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 57 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 152
- Construction (23%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (3%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- English (19.6%)
- German (17.7%)
- United States or American (16.4%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- Dutch (5.7%)
- French (except Basque) (5.0%)
- Swedish (5.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Hungary (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 253 (60%)
- Carpooled: 105 (25%)
- Walked: 8 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 49 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Wood (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
97.0% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,353- In family households: 1,087 (361 male householders, 72 female householders)
394 spouses, 210 children (172 natural, 13 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 266 (140 male householders (128 living alone)), 100 female householders (72 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 311 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 4 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 200 1-person, 40 2-persons,
177 married couples with children.
51 single-parent households (10 men, 41 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% |