High Ridge township, Jefferson County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (39% naturalized citizens)
High Ridge township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
65% of High Ridge township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13029
- Northeast: 199
- Midwest: 1709
- South: 1123
- West: 364
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $100,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.7%
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 High Ridge township, Missouri:
- 28 people in religious group quarters
- 13 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,564
- One, attached: 23
- Two: 44
- 3 or 4: 120
- 5 to 9: 204
- 10 to 19: 57
- 20 to 49: 47
- Mobile homes: 1,344
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,400
Housing units in High Ridge township with a mortgage: 2,990 (335 second mortgage, 448 home equity loan, 15 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 839
- Construction (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in High Ridge township:
- German (34.9%)
- Irish (15.6%)
- United States or American (11.0%)
- English (7.9%)
- Italian (6.3%)
- French (except Basque) (4.0%)
- Polish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (40%)
- Germany (14%)
- Hungary (12%)
- Other Eastern Europe (11%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Italy (4%)
- Philippines (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,350 (83%)
- Carpooled: 1,068 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 20 (0%)
- Walked: 84 (1%)
- Other means: 16 (0%)
- Worked at home: 277 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Utility gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (3%)
People in group quarters in High Ridge township, Missouri:
- 28 people in religious group quarters
- 13 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
96.3% of residents of High Ridge township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 16,658- In family households: 14,702 (3,592 male householders, 902 female householders)
3,618 spouses, 5,668 children (4,894 natural, 146 adopted, 628 stepchildren), 324 grandchildren, 50 brothers or sisters, 65 parents, 153 other relatives, 330 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,956 (921 male householders (658 living alone)), 542 female householders (440 living alone)), 493 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 43 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,647 2-persons, 1,113 3-persons, 1,053 4-persons, 412 5-persons, 168 6-persons, 101 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,098 1-person, 299 2-persons, 25 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 17 5-persons,
3,172 married couples with children.
1,014 single-parent households (336 men, 678 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 189
Here: | 8.5% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 78
Here: | 7.7% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 146
Here: | 26.3% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |