Iron township, St. Francois County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Iron township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
59% of Iron 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, 82% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2670
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 174
- South: 111
- West: 79
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.3%
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
44 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,061
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 31
- 5 to 9: 11
- 10 to 19: 15
- Mobile homes: 313
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,700
Housing units in Iron township with a mortgage: 339 (37 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 295
- Construction (17%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (28%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Private households (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Iron township:
- United States or American (36.6%)
- German (18.1%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- English (7.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.7%)
- Italian (1.8%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (33%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (24%)
- Hungary (19%)
- Japan (10%)
- Brazil (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 860 (76%)
- Carpooled: 219 (19%)
- Taxi: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 31 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (35%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Wood (12%)
44 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
97.9% of residents of Iron township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 44% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,050- In family households: 2,702 (695 male householders, 216 female householders)
704 spouses, 916 children (851 natural, 18 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 17 other relatives, 84 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 348 (139 male householders (104 living alone)), 155 female householders (145 living alone)), 54 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 43 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 427 2-persons, 218 3-persons, 166 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 249 1-person, 42 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
499 married couples with children.
216 single-parent households (70 men, 146 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 2.7% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |