Norwood township, St. Louis County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Norwood township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
57% of Norwood 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, 81% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 23636
- Northeast: 243
- Midwest: 1217
- South: 4102
- West: 574
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
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 Norwood township, Missouri:
- 229 people in nursing homes
- 29 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,497
- One, attached: 334
- Two: 219
- 3 or 4: 702
- 5 to 9: 879
- 10 to 19: 497
- 20 to 49: 122
- 50 or more: 295
- Mobile homes: 41
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,700
Housing units in Norwood township with a mortgage: 4,915 (596 second mortgage, 343 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,652
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Norwood township:
- German (5.9%)
- Irish (3.0%)
- United States or American (2.1%)
- African (2.0%)
- English (1.1%)
- Italian (1.1%)
- Polish (0.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (22%)
- Cuba (11%)
- Nigeria (8%)
- Korea (6%)
- Jamaica (6%)
- Taiwan (4%)
- Japan (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,739 (75%)
- Carpooled: 1,813 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 692 (6%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 24 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 54 (0%)
- Railroad: 20 (0%)
- Taxi: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 113 (1%)
- Other means: 79 (1%)
- Worked at home: 166 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (86%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Norwood township, Missouri:
- 229 people in nursing homes
- 29 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 3 people in religious group quarters
96.6% of residents of Norwood township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (97% speak English very well, 3% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 29,841- In family households: 25,742 (3,348 male householders, 4,523 female householders)
3,184 spouses, 11,280 children (10,451 natural, 326 adopted, 503 stepchildren), 1,424 grandchildren, 457 brothers or sisters, 235 parents, 584 other relatives, 707 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,099 (1,399 male householders (1,146 living alone)), 2,130 female householders (1,926 living alone)), 570 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 262 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 2,692 2-persons, 2,287 3-persons, 1,586 4-persons, 733 5-persons, 367 6-persons, 206 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,072 1-person, 393 2-persons, 48 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
2,719 married couples with children.
5,287 single-parent households (472 men, 4,815 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 409
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 96
| Here: | 4.7% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 194
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |