Jefferson township, St. Louis County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (54% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
63% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 24202
- Northeast: 1485
- Midwest: 5644
- South: 2792
- West: 974
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $119,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Jefferson township, Missouri:
- 508 people in nursing homes
- 280 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 61 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 54 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 34 people in religious group quarters
- 20 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 12,171
- One, attached: 471
- Two: 183
- 3 or 4: 350
- 5 to 9: 490
- 10 to 19: 585
- 20 to 49: 550
- 50 or more: 1,044
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $66,900
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 8,149 (695 second mortgage, 1,178 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,273
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Lawyers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (34.1%)
- Irish (17.2%)
- English (11.1%)
- United States or American (6.0%)
- Italian (5.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.8%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (8%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- Canada (6%)
- Philippines (5%)
- Colombia (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 15,582 (87%)
- Carpooled: 1,015 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 129 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
- Taxi: 1 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 322 (2%)
- Other means: 57 (0%)
- Worked at home: 802 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Jefferson township, Missouri:
- 508 people in nursing homes
- 280 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 61 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 54 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 34 people in religious group quarters
- 20 people in other group homes
94.8% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 35,485- In family households: 28,759 (7,643 male householders, 1,947 female householders)
8,227 spouses, 10,179 children (9,659 natural, 244 adopted, 276 stepchildren), 203 grandchildren, 105 brothers or sisters, 139 parents, 149 other relatives, 167 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 6,726 (1,887 male householders (1,477 living alone)), 3,909 female householders (3,551 living alone)), 930 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 962 (529 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,474 2-persons, 2,081 3-persons, 1,904 4-persons, 790 5-persons, 294 6-persons, 47 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5,028 1-person, 650 2-persons, 71 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 4 5-persons,
7,120 married couples with children.
1,086 single-parent households (162 men, 924 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,733
| Here: | 43.6% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 748
| Here: | 37.6% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 986
| Here: | 54.9% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |