Washington township, Buchanan County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
54% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 57077
- Northeast: 913
- Midwest: 9886
- South: 3481
- West: 3107
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $58,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
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 Washington township, Missouri:
- 1,946 people in state prisons
- 956 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 740 people in nursing homes
- 241 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 167 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 128 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 118 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 57 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 55 people in institutions for the deaf
- 51 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 46 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 40 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 27 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 17 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 15 people in other group homes
- 11 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 22,730
- One, attached: 967
- Two: 2,124
- 3 or 4: 1,538
- 5 to 9: 1,446
- 10 to 19: 1,053
- 20 to 49: 468
- 50 or more: 777
- Mobile homes: 1,362
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,200
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 10,366 (1,161 second mortgage, 746 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,044
- Construction (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (22.4%)
- United States or American (16.5%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- English (10.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Polish (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (19%)
- Canada (18%)
- Mexico (6%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
- Korea (3%)
- United Kingdom (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 27,597 (82%)
- Carpooled: 4,013 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 254 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 3 (0%)
- Taxi: 43 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 26 (0%)
- Bicycle: 50 (0%)
- Walked: 651 (2%)
- Other means: 204 (1%)
- Worked at home: 730 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Washington township, Missouri:
- 1,946 people in state prisons
- 956 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 740 people in nursing homes
- 241 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 167 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 128 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 118 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 57 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 55 people in institutions for the deaf
- 51 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 46 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 40 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 27 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 17 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 15 people in other group homes
- 11 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
96.6% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 70,971- In family households: 58,171 (14,029 male householders, 5,094 female householders)
14,672 spouses, 20,520 children (18,484 natural, 447 adopted, 1,589 stepchildren), 1,057 grandchildren, 380 brothers or sisters, 220 parents, 688 other relatives, 1,511 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 12,800 (4,515 male householders (3,481 living alone)), 6,080 female householders (5,473 living alone)), 2,205 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4,629 (3,157 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 8,522 2-persons, 4,471 3-persons, 3,670 4-persons, 1,646 5-persons, 586 6-persons, 228 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 8,954 1-person, 1,356 2-persons, 184 3-persons, 53 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
11,206 married couples with children.
5,152 single-parent households (1,137 men, 4,015 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 991
| Here: | 11.6% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 302
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 307
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |