Cape Girardeau township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 67.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 3.4 sq. mi.
Population: 37,778 (92% urban, 8% rural)
| Males: 17,911 |  (47.4%) |
| Females: 19,867 |  (52.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 34,708 (21,888 owner occupied, 12,820 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 37% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Cape Girardeau township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 87.3%
- Black: 8.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 1.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.1%
- Two or more races: 1.2%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 33.8
Median age of females: 35.5
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Average household size: 2.27
| Cape Girardeau township: | 2.3 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.91
| Cape Girardeau township: | $42,760 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $512 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $139,200 (it was $91,800 in 2000)
| : | $139,200 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $175,499
Here: $175,499 State: $173,356
Townhouses or other attached units: $172,431
Here: $172,431 State: $164,597
In 2-unit structures: $123,913
Here: $123,913 State: $128,124
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $76,496
Here: $76,496 State: $162,570
Mobile homes: $28,070
Here: $28,070 State: $50,605
| Population density: 563 people per square mile | (high). |
| This township: | 29.1% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 9.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Cape Girardeau.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Suttons (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Cape Girardeau township include: Evangelical Church (A), Cape Chapel (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: McGuire Cemetery (1), Salem Cemetery (2), Shady Grove Cemetery (3), Suedekum Cemetery (4), Hitt Cemetery (5), Davis Cemetery (6), Hobbs Chapel Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Swamps: Big Swamp (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Cape La Croix Creek (A), Upper Whitewater Creek (B), Ramsey Branch (C), Ramsey Creek (D), Randol Creek (E), Ranney Creek (F), Flora Creek (G), Scism Creek (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
33% of Cape Girardeau township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 4% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 12% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 151
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 108
- South: 39
- West: 3
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Cape Girardeau township, Missouri:
- 1,901 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 938 people in nursing homes
- 63 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 49 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 42 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 30 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 24 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 21 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 46
Housing units in Cape Girardeau township with a mortgage: 13 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 21
- Transportation equipment (12%)
- Construction (12%)
- Food (11%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Cape Girardeau township:
- German (48.8%)
- Czech (14.0%)
- Irish (7.0%)
- Norwegian (3.9%)
- Welsh (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 67 (93%)
- Other means: 5 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Electricity (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Wood (9%)
People in group quarters in Cape Girardeau township, Missouri:
- 1,901 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 938 people in nursing homes
- 63 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 49 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 42 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 30 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 24 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 21 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 2 people in homes for the mentally retarded
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 133- In family households: 133 (31 male householders, 6 female householders)
30 spouses, 55 children (50 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 0 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 171 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 12 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
5,109 married couples with children.
2,077 single-parent households (354 men, 1,723 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 32.5% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |