Breton township, Washington County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Breton township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
57% of Breton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8202
- Northeast: 68
- Midwest: 410
- South: 730
- West: 393
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $34,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
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 Breton township, Missouri:
- 915 people in state prisons
- 172 people in nursing homes
- 34 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 26 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 13 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,145
- One, attached: 49
- Two: 111
- 3 or 4: 157
- 5 to 9: 76
- 10 to 19: 29
- 20 to 49: 27
- 50 or more: 34
- Mobile homes: 1,157
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,400
Housing units in Breton township with a mortgage: 678 (46 second mortgage, 54 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 628
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Health care (26%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Leather and allied products (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Breton township:
- United States or American (34.3%)
- French (except Basque) (22.9%)
- German (9.4%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- English (5.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.1%)
- Scottish (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (34%)
- Philippines (21%)
- Canada (15%)
- Germany (13%)
- Other Northern Africa (9%)
- Nicaragua (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,562 (77%)
- Carpooled: 562 (17%)
- Walked: 87 (3%)
- Other means: 37 (1%)
- Worked at home: 79 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (37%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Wood (12%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Breton township, Missouri:
- 915 people in state prisons
- 172 people in nursing homes
- 34 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 26 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 13 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.0% of residents of Breton township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (58% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,714- In family households: 7,617 (1,881 male householders, 566 female householders)
1,871 spouses, 2,759 children (2,478 natural, 22 adopted, 259 stepchildren), 189 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 61 other relatives, 219 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,097 (409 male householders (350 living alone)), 553 female householders (505 living alone)), 135 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,154 (1,113 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,007 2-persons, 634 3-persons, 482 4-persons, 231 5-persons, 72 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 855 1-person, 95 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
1,528 married couples with children.
688 single-parent households (166 men, 522 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 25
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 70
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |