Preston township, Platte County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Preston township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
63% of Preston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1129
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 236
- South: 94
- West: 76
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 575
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 9
- 10 to 19: 6
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,000
Housing units in Preston township with a mortgage: 235 (18 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 83
- Construction (11%)
- Air transportation (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Private households (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Air transportation workers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Preston township:
- German (24.5%)
- United States or American (21.7%)
- English (10.4%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- Scottish (5.1%)
- French (except Basque) (3.5%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (64%)
- Austria (27%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 730 (86%)
- Carpooled: 75 (9%)
- Walked: 17 (2%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 22 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Utility gas (33%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Wood (4%)
98.4% of residents of Preston township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (25% speak English very well, 75% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,567- In family households: 1,423 (418 male householders, 57 female householders)
414 spouses, 485 children (428 natural, 11 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 11 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 144 (61 male householders (56 living alone)), 72 female householders (63 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 205 2-persons, 101 3-persons, 114 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 119 1-person, 14 2-persons,
309 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (10 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 14.8% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |