Northwest township, St. Louis County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (39% naturalized citizens)
Northwest township: | 3.7% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
64% of Northwest township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% 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: 22008
- Northeast: 866
- Midwest: 3449
- South: 1997
- West: 807
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $84,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Northwest township, Missouri:
- 444 people in nursing homes
- 175 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 35 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 6 people in other group homes
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,402
- One, attached: 490
- Two: 211
- 3 or 4: 1,185
- 5 to 9: 502
- 10 to 19: 767
- 20 to 49: 149
- 50 or more: 273
- Mobile homes: 144
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,200
Housing units in Northwest township with a mortgage: 5,700 (411 second mortgage, 555 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,633
- Construction (17%)
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Northwest township:
- German (32.1%)
- Irish (14.6%)
- United States or American (7.9%)
- English (7.7%)
- Italian (5.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.7%)
- Polish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (12%)
- Mexico (11%)
- Germany (8%)
- Korea (5%)
- Indonesia (5%)
- Poland (4%)
- Iraq (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 14,041 (89%)
- Carpooled: 880 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 39 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 13 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 94 (1%)
- Railroad: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 113 (1%)
- Other means: 58 (0%)
- Worked at home: 509 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Electricity (16%)
People in group quarters in Northwest township, Missouri:
- 444 people in nursing homes
- 175 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 35 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 6 people in other group homes
- 2 people in religious group quarters
94.7% of residents of Northwest township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 29,734- In family households: 24,510 (6,295 male householders, 1,841 female householders)
6,346 spouses, 8,617 children (7,901 natural, 236 adopted, 480 stepchildren), 501 grandchildren, 144 brothers or sisters, 169 parents, 218 other relatives, 379 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,224 (1,953 male householders (1,546 living alone)), 2,409 female householders (2,104 living alone)), 862 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 669 (480 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,788 2-persons, 1,869 3-persons, 1,518 4-persons, 623 5-persons, 301 6-persons, 37 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,650 1-person, 599 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 8 6-persons,
4,836 married couples with children.
1,500 single-parent households (337 men, 1,163 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 600
Here: | 20.2% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 237
Here: | 13.5% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 304
Here: | 23.8% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |