Lafayette township, St. Louis County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Lafayette township: | 6.4% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
65% of Lafayette township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 21534
- Northeast: 1972
- Midwest: 6621
- South: 3164
- West: 1336
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $211,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
175 people in nursing homes
12 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11,328
- One, attached: 968
- Two: 45
- 3 or 4: 482
- 5 to 9: 396
- 10 to 19: 642
- 20 to 49: 222
- 50 or more: 124
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Lafayette township with a mortgage: 8,386 (675 second mortgage, 1,726 home equity loan, 32 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,936
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lafayette township:
- German (31.5%)
- Irish (12.6%)
- English (9.5%)
- United States or American (6.4%)
- Italian (5.8%)
- Polish (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (8%)
- India (8%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Canada (6%)
- Ukraine (6%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 16,340 (87%)
- Carpooled: 1,131 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 89 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 11 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 141 (1%)
- Other means: 91 (0%)
- Worked at home: 887 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (88%)
- Electricity (12%)
175 people in nursing homes
12 people in religious group quarters
91.8% of residents of Lafayette township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
3.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 37,034- In family households: 33,674 (9,412 male householders, 1,666 female householders)
9,942 spouses, 11,752 children (10,957 natural, 380 adopted, 415 stepchildren), 210 grandchildren, 99 brothers or sisters, 189 parents, 171 other relatives, 233 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,360 (1,034 male householders (826 living alone)), 1,866 female householders (1,669 living alone)), 460 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 193 (181 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,889 2-persons, 2,443 3-persons, 2,316 4-persons, 1,051 5-persons, 261 6-persons, 118 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,495 1-person, 352 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 11 4-persons,
7,959 married couples with children.
1,046 single-parent households (222 men, 824 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,093
| Here: | 25.4% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 646
| Here: | 27.5% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 513
| Here: | 37.2% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |