Washington township, Clay County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (65% naturalized citizens)
Washington township: | 1.9% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
59% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3278
- Northeast: 149
- Midwest: 788
- South: 233
- West: 187
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
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
223 people in nursing homes
51 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,588
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 73
- 5 to 9: 18
- 50 or more: 8
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 922 (101 second mortgage, 103 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 231
- Construction (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (3%)
- Customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (26.9%)
- United States or American (15.1%)
- English (13.5%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- Italian (5.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (38%)
- Italy (20%)
- Japan (13%)
- Ireland (11%)
- Russia (9%)
- Canada (8%)
- United Kingdom (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,128 (90%)
- Carpooled: 151 (6%)
- Walked: 16 (1%)
- Other means: 18 (1%)
- Worked at home: 61 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Wood (2%)
223 people in nursing homes
51 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
97.6% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,479- In family households: 4,097 (1,231 male householders, 141 female householders)
1,230 spouses, 1,369 children (1,154 natural, 7 adopted, 208 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 54 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 382 (129 male householders (116 living alone)), 189 female householders (151 living alone)), 64 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 281 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 595 2-persons, 313 3-persons, 310 4-persons, 126 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 267 1-person, 38 2-persons, 13 3-persons,
896 married couples with children.
143 single-parent households (34 men, 109 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
Here: | 2.1% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 25
Here: | 9.8% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
Here: | 7.2% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |