St. Ferdinand township, St. Louis County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (59% naturalized citizens)
| St. Ferdinand township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
55% of St. Ferdinand township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 30521
- Northeast: 385
- Midwest: 3311
- South: 2973
- West: 437
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in St. Ferdinand township, Missouri:
- 392 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 225 people in nursing homes
- 183 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11,728
- One, attached: 370
- Two: 123
- 3 or 4: 843
- 5 to 9: 909
- 10 to 19: 791
- 20 to 49: 314
- 50 or more: 530
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $62,000
Housing units in St. Ferdinand township with a mortgage: 6,956 (936 second mortgage, 465 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,022
- Construction (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in St. Ferdinand township:
- German (18.2%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- Italian (4.8%)
- United States or American (4.6%)
- Polish (2.5%)
- English (2.4%)
- African (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (15%)
- Italy (11%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (8%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Africa, n.e.c. (8%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
- Romania (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 13,691 (82%)
- Carpooled: 2,043 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 353 (2%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 5 (0%)
- Taxi: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 176 (1%)
- Other means: 77 (0%)
- Worked at home: 269 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (83%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in St. Ferdinand township, Missouri:
- 392 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 225 people in nursing homes
- 183 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 15 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in religious group quarters
96.7% of residents of St. Ferdinand township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 37,337- In family households: 32,139 (6,058 male householders, 4,197 female householders)
6,066 spouses, 12,861 children (11,660 natural, 358 adopted, 843 stepchildren), 991 grandchildren, 379 brothers or sisters, 261 parents, 446 other relatives, 880 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,198 (2,015 male householders (1,713 living alone)), 2,563 female householders (2,352 living alone)), 620 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 822 (602 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,083 2-persons, 2,661 3-persons, 2,089 4-persons, 946 5-persons, 294 6-persons, 182 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,065 1-person, 457 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
5,114 married couples with children.
4,714 single-parent households (641 men, 4,073 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 984
| Here: | 18.5% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 372
| Here: | 18.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 522
| Here: | 26.1% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |