Meramec township, Jefferson County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (66% naturalized citizens)
| Meramec township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
63% of Meramec township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 14252
- Northeast: 252
- Midwest: 1490
- South: 1112
- West: 353
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $98,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Meramec township, Missouri:
- 157 people in nursing homes
- 22 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 21 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,029
- One, attached: 33
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 23
- Mobile homes: 1,373
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,000
Housing units in Meramec township with a mortgage: 2,961 (334 second mortgage, 408 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 869
- Construction (22%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Meramec township:
- German (31.6%)
- United States or American (20.3%)
- Irish (12.2%)
- English (8.6%)
- Italian (5.8%)
- French (except Basque) (5.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (20%)
- Vietnam (15%)
- Hungary (15%)
- Greece (6%)
- Thailand (6%)
- Romania (5%)
- Korea (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,256 (84%)
- Carpooled: 1,012 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 19 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 71 (1%)
- Other means: 39 (0%)
- Worked at home: 255 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (67%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Meramec township, Missouri:
- 157 people in nursing homes
- 22 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 21 people in religious group quarters
97.4% of residents of Meramec township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,495- In family households: 16,037 (4,082 male householders, 825 female householders)
4,195 spouses, 5,955 children (5,391 natural, 129 adopted, 435 stepchildren), 283 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 93 parents, 147 other relatives, 424 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,458 (749 male householders (617 living alone)), 454 female householders (380 living alone)), 255 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 199 (150 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,740 2-persons, 1,258 3-persons, 1,101 4-persons, 583 5-persons, 182 6-persons, 43 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 997 1-person, 176 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 14 4-persons,
3,836 married couples with children.
846 single-parent households (302 men, 544 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 179
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 68
| Here: | 6.3% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 148
| Here: | 24.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |