Chesterfield township, St. Louis County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (48% naturalized citizens)
Chesterfield township: | 5.2% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
49% of Chesterfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 27% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 29904
- Northeast: 3915
- Midwest: 10377
- South: 5362
- West: 2607
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $234,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
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 Chesterfield township, Missouri:
- 631 people in nursing homes
- 90 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 47 people in institutions for the deaf
- 22 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 17 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 8 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 15,374
- One, attached: 829
- Two: 49
- 3 or 4: 443
- 5 to 9: 948
- 10 to 19: 1,160
- 20 to 49: 581
- 50 or more: 808
- Mobile homes: 158
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,000
Housing units in Chesterfield township with a mortgage: 12,688 (1,213 second mortgage, 2,221 home equity loan, 30 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,007
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Top executives (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chesterfield township:
- German (30.8%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- English (9.6%)
- Italian (6.7%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- Polish (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (15%)
- Canada (15%)
- India (11%)
- Korea (5%)
- Germany (5%)
- Philippines (4%)
- Mexico (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 23,740 (87%)
- Carpooled: 1,206 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 77 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 8 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
- Taxi: 16 (0%)
- Walked: 165 (1%)
- Other means: 168 (1%)
- Worked at home: 1,799 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Chesterfield township, Missouri:
- 631 people in nursing homes
- 90 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 47 people in institutions for the deaf
- 22 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 17 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 8 people in religious group quarters
93.5% of residents of Chesterfield township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 54,506- In family households: 49,718 (13,638 male householders, 1,746 female householders)
14,124 spouses, 19,065 children (18,201 natural, 368 adopted, 496 stepchildren), 268 grandchildren, 133 brothers or sisters, 232 parents, 250 other relatives, 262 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,788 (1,760 male householders (1,401 living alone)), 2,430 female householders (2,266 living alone)), 598 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 888 (789 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 5,732 2-persons, 3,205 3-persons, 4,165 4-persons, 1,748 5-persons, 402 6-persons, 132 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,667 1-person, 462 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 21 4-persons,
14,896 married couples with children.
1,198 single-parent households (281 men, 917 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,982
Here: | 25.4% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 783
Here: | 21.1% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 483
Here: | 27.9% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |