Washington township, DeKalb County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
63% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1478
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 199
- South: 89
- West: 98
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 637
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 31
- 10 to 19: 3
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 101
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,100
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 205 (25 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 139
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Food (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
- Cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (30.6%)
- United States or American (22.0%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- English (9.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- European (2.2%)
- Greek (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (45%)
- Korea (36%)
- Germany (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 719 (82%)
- Carpooled: 86 (10%)
- Walked: 9 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 54 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
99.0% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,886- In family households: 1,673 (458 male householders, 84 female householders)
470 spouses, 580 children (514 natural, 9 adopted, 57 stepchildren), 29 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 27 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 213 (81 male householders (69 living alone)), 101 female householders (97 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 235 2-persons, 105 3-persons, 114 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 166 1-person, 8 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 1 5-persons,
391 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (22 men, 50 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.9% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |