Plattin township, Jefferson County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Plattin township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
56% of Plattin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8753
- Northeast: 119
- Midwest: 792
- South: 562
- West: 176
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $69,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
133 people in nursing homes
46 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,666
- One, attached: 25
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 27
- Mobile homes: 1,058
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,600
Housing units in Plattin township with a mortgage: 1,387 (133 second mortgage, 226 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 457
- Construction (18%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plattin township:
- German (26.2%)
- United States or American (21.6%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- French (except Basque) (8.7%)
- English (8.2%)
- Italian (3.3%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- South Africa (35%)
- Germany (25%)
- Philippines (11%)
- India (10%)
- Australia (5%)
- Canada (5%)
- Iraq (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,976 (80%)
- Carpooled: 861 (17%)
- Taxi: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 35 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 96 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
133 people in nursing homes
46 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.9% of residents of Plattin township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (89% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,353- In family households: 9,456 (2,480 male householders, 409 female householders)
2,414 spouses, 3,406 children (3,095 natural, 132 adopted, 179 stepchildren), 207 grandchildren, 87 brothers or sisters, 72 parents, 144 other relatives, 237 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 897 (409 male householders (315 living alone)), 321 female householders (260 living alone)), 167 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 178 (133 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,081 2-persons, 659 3-persons, 674 4-persons, 330 5-persons, 121 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 575 1-person, 140 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 11 4-persons,
2,210 married couples with children.
516 single-parent households (194 men, 322 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 113
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 74
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 40
| Here: | 11.6% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |