Pettis township, Platte County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Pettis township: | 7.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
51% of Pettis township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2507
- Northeast: 104
- Midwest: 1201
- South: 397
- West: 319
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
190 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 982
- One, attached: 61
- Two: 65
- 3 or 4: 203
- 5 to 9: 344
- 10 to 19: 280
- 20 to 49: 56
- 50 or more: 16
- Mobile homes: 110
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Pettis township with a mortgage: 657 (48 second mortgage, 62 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 160
- Construction (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pettis township:
- German (19.7%)
- United States or American (16.9%)
- English (11.0%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.3%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (31%)
- Philippines (12%)
- Korea (9%)
- Ghana (8%)
- Thailand (6%)
- Germany (4%)
- Malaysia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,046 (81%)
- Carpooled: 409 (16%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 27 (1%)
- Worked at home: 52 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
190 people in nursing homes
90.7% of residents of Pettis township speak English at home.
4.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 28% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,717- In family households: 3,856 (907 male householders, 326 female householders)
862 spouses, 1,369 children (1,229 natural, 24 adopted, 116 stepchildren), 103 grandchildren, 52 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 92 other relatives, 118 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 861 (417 male householders (328 living alone)), 269 female householders (230 living alone)), 175 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 189 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 486 2-persons, 318 3-persons, 287 4-persons, 94 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 558 1-person, 108 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
702 married couples with children.
315 single-parent households (90 men, 225 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 43
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 2.2% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 36
| Here: | 16.6% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |