Great Bend township, Barton County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
Great Bend township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
65% of Great Bend township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1056
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 337
- South: 77
- West: 178
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
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
256 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
4 people in unknown juvenile institutions
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 538
- 3 or 4: 12
- Mobile homes: 186
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 49
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,900
Housing units in Great Bend township with a mortgage: 270 (30 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 104
- Utilities (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Accountants and auditors (7%)
- Postsecondary teachers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Great Bend township:
- German (49.6%)
- United States or American (15.9%)
- English (11.6%)
- Irish (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
- Polish (2.5%)
- African (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Africa (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 739 (92%)
- Carpooled: 40 (5%)
- Bicycle: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 6 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (3%)
256 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
4 people in unknown juvenile institutions
94.5% of residents of Great Bend township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
1.7% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,434- In family households: 1,231 (362 male householders, 60 female householders)
385 spouses, 412 children (386 natural, 15 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 203 (104 male householders (81 living alone)), 63 female householders (61 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 250 (4 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 205 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 116 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 142 1-person, 20 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
358 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (15 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 218
Here: | 79.0% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |