Meramec township, St. Louis County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (68% naturalized citizens)
| Meramec township: | 2.8% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
56% of Meramec 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, 50% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 31419
- Northeast: 1568
- Midwest: 6587
- South: 3269
- West: 1177
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $179,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
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 Meramec township, Missouri:
- 1,098 people in state prisons
- 550 people in nursing homes
- 66 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in other workers' dormitories
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 13,709
- One, attached: 558
- Two: 102
- 3 or 4: 419
- 5 to 9: 425
- 10 to 19: 295
- 20 to 49: 46
- 50 or more: 32
- Mobile homes: 91
Median worth of mobile homes: $103,900
Housing units in Meramec township with a mortgage: 10,872 (912 second mortgage, 1,528 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,936
- Construction (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Engineers (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cashiers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Meramec township:
- German (39.0%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- English (8.2%)
- United States or American (8.1%)
- Italian (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Polish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (14%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (9%)
- Canada (8%)
- Korea (8%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Russia (7%)
- Mexico (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 20,582 (88%)
- Carpooled: 1,621 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 72 (0%)
- Taxi: 18 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 23 (0%)
- Bicycle: 17 (0%)
- Walked: 93 (0%)
- Other means: 164 (1%)
- Worked at home: 927 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Meramec township, Missouri:
- 1,098 people in state prisons
- 550 people in nursing homes
- 66 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 7 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in other workers' dormitories
94.9% of residents of Meramec township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 43,899- In family households: 40,785 (10,541 male householders, 2,009 female householders)
10,994 spouses, 15,937 children (14,854 natural, 312 adopted, 771 stepchildren), 332 grandchildren, 137 brothers or sisters, 190 parents, 306 other relatives, 339 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,114 (1,180 male householders (1,040 living alone)), 1,482 female householders (1,305 living alone)), 452 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,681 (1,577 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,390 2-persons, 2,948 3-persons, 3,345 4-persons, 1,403 5-persons, 344 6-persons, 120 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,345 1-person, 205 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
11,777 married couples with children.
1,607 single-parent households (315 men, 1,292 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,254
| Here: | 20.4% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 574
| Here: | 18.9% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 512
| Here: | 28.1% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |