Meramec township, Franklin County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (91% naturalized citizens)
| Meramec township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
53% of Meramec 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, 71% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6666
- Northeast: 126
- Midwest: 752
- South: 508
- West: 269
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $56,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
118 people in nursing homes
30 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,661
- One, attached: 27
- Two: 61
- 3 or 4: 150
- 5 to 9: 95
- 10 to 19: 36
- 20 to 49: 38
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 494
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,500
Housing units in Meramec township with a mortgage: 1,034 (63 second mortgage, 77 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 565
- Construction (22%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Meramec township:
- German (31.3%)
- United States or American (22.3%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- English (7.7%)
- French (except Basque) (5.0%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (31%)
- Mexico (22%)
- Philippines (16%)
- Argentina (11%)
- Japan (9%)
- Thailand (7%)
- Lebanon (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,773 (80%)
- Carpooled: 546 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (0%)
- Taxi: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 42 (1%)
- Other means: 31 (1%)
- Worked at home: 71 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
118 people in nursing homes
30 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.2% of residents of Meramec township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (27% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 59% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 22% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,263- In family households: 7,087 (1,849 male householders, 434 female householders)
1,739 spouses, 2,481 children (2,242 natural, 39 adopted, 200 stepchildren), 150 grandchildren, 67 brothers or sisters, 37 parents, 111 other relatives, 219 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,176 (426 male householders (309 living alone)), 562 female householders (533 living alone)), 188 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 148 (117 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 977 2-persons, 538 3-persons, 428 4-persons, 220 5-persons, 95 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 842 1-person, 129 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
1,480 married couples with children.
541 single-parent households (132 men, 409 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 54
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 28
| Here: | 19.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |