Weston township, Platte County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (33% naturalized citizens)
Weston township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
56% of Weston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1059
- Northeast: 47
- Midwest: 859
- South: 184
- West: 136
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $125,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
10 people in other nonhousehold living situations
7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 768
- One, attached: 29
- Two: 69
- 3 or 4: 84
- 5 to 9: 16
- 10 to 19: 9
- Mobile homes: 21
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Weston township with a mortgage: 346 (36 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 176
- Construction (12%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Air transportation (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Air transportation (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Weston township:
- German (26.7%)
- United States or American (15.4%)
- Irish (13.8%)
- English (10.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.9%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Scottish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (63%)
- Other Eastern Africa (11%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Japan (7%)
- Honduras (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,038 (82%)
- Carpooled: 145 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 27 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 42 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
10 people in other nonhousehold living situations
7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.2% of residents of Weston township speak English at home.
3.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,310- In family households: 2,004 (546 male householders, 116 female householders)
547 spouses, 681 children (601 natural, 34 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 32 other relatives, 47 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 306 (103 male householders (86 living alone)), 163 female householders (150 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 305 2-persons, 155 3-persons, 130 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 27 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 236 1-person, 28 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
425 married couples with children.
134 single-parent households (39 men, 95 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 2.6% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 8.3% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |