Clayton township, St. Louis County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Clayton township: | 5.2% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
58% of Clayton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 21229
- Northeast: 2083
- Midwest: 4627
- South: 3051
- West: 1147
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Clayton township, Missouri:
- 1,167 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 147 people in nursing homes
- 87 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 57 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 37 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 10,959
- One, attached: 726
- Two: 269
- 3 or 4: 1,197
- 5 to 9: 883
- 10 to 19: 658
- 20 to 49: 261
- 50 or more: 823
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Clayton township with a mortgage: 6,696 (507 second mortgage, 983 home equity loan, 26 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,391
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (18%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Lawyers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Physicians and surgeons (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other financial specialists (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clayton township:
- German (24.4%)
- Irish (11.9%)
- English (11.1%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- Italian (4.8%)
- Russian (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (10%)
- India (9%)
- Canada (7%)
- Japan (5%)
- Russia (5%)
- Belarus (4%)
- Germany (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 13,985 (85%)
- Carpooled: 881 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 137 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 23 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 4 (0%)
- Railroad: 12 (0%)
- Taxi: 10 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 18 (0%)
- Walked: 258 (2%)
- Other means: 91 (1%)
- Worked at home: 1,005 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Clayton township, Missouri:
- 1,167 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 147 people in nursing homes
- 87 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 57 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 37 people in religious group quarters
92.8% of residents of Clayton township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 32,606- In family households: 25,464 (6,723 male householders, 1,970 female householders)
7,175 spouses, 8,622 children (8,148 natural, 280 adopted, 194 stepchildren), 215 grandchildren, 216 brothers or sisters, 145 parents, 164 other relatives, 234 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 7,142 (2,232 male householders (1,865 living alone)), 4,104 female householders (3,704 living alone)), 806 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,507 (1,388 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,332 2-persons, 1,796 3-persons, 1,580 4-persons, 719 5-persons, 189 6-persons, 77 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5,569 1-person, 743 2-persons, 24 3-persons,
5,556 married couples with children.
1,136 single-parent households (190 men, 946 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,118
| Here: | 34.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 648
| Here: | 34.7% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 507
| Here: | 44.9% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |