Tesson Ferry township, St. Louis County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (58% naturalized citizens)
| Tesson Ferry township: | 3.8% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
59% of Tesson Ferry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 29005
- Northeast: 591
- Midwest: 4075
- South: 1602
- West: 839
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $174,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
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 Tesson Ferry township, Missouri:
- 642 people in nursing homes
- 110 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 42 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 18 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 7 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,972
- One, attached: 807
- Two: 89
- 3 or 4: 588
- 5 to 9: 1,205
- 10 to 19: 1,296
- 20 to 49: 689
- 50 or more: 1,079
- Mobile homes: 42
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Tesson Ferry township with a mortgage: 6,962 (493 second mortgage, 1,074 home equity loan, 34 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,028
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Tesson Ferry township:
- German (42.5%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- United States or American (7.4%)
- Italian (6.5%)
- English (5.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Polish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (25%)
- Germany (10%)
- India (8%)
- Korea (4%)
- Vietnam (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Other Eastern Europe (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 17,284 (88%)
- Carpooled: 1,434 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 50 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 20 (0%)
- Walked: 95 (0%)
- Other means: 85 (0%)
- Worked at home: 637 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Tesson Ferry township, Missouri:
- 642 people in nursing homes
- 110 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 42 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 18 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 7 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
94.7% of residents of Tesson Ferry township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (57% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 36,885- In family households: 30,892 (8,682 male householders, 1,495 female householders)
8,900 spouses, 10,659 children (9,939 natural, 236 adopted, 484 stepchildren), 263 grandchildren, 150 brothers or sisters, 169 parents, 223 other relatives, 351 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,993 (2,096 male householders (1,678 living alone)), 2,989 female householders (2,626 living alone)), 908 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 819 (680 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,812 2-persons, 2,115 3-persons, 1,992 4-persons, 903 5-persons, 277 6-persons, 78 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,304 1-person, 661 2-persons, 103 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
6,910 married couples with children.
1,099 single-parent households (243 men, 856 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,459
| Here: | 36.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 976
| Here: | 48.5% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 583
| Here: | 30.9% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |