Strong township, Chase County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Strong township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
75% of Strong township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1625
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 46
- South: 46
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 609
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,500
Housing units in Strong township with a mortgage: 245 (22 second mortgage, 38 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 86
- Food (13%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Health care (28%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (13%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Strong township:
- German (48.5%)
- English (10.2%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- Polish (3.7%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Cuba (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 802 (85%)
- Carpooled: 76 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 18 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 42 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (53%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (37%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
97.6% of residents of Strong township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,754- In family households: 1,621 (463 male householders, 48 female householders)
460 spouses, 600 children (551 natural, 25 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 8 other relatives, 27 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 133 (68 male householders (47 living alone)), 28 female householders (20 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 13 (9 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 194 2-persons, 114 3-persons, 123 4-persons, 62 5-persons, 18 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 67 1-person, 22 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
134 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (17 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
Here: | 18.6% |
Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
Here: | 7.3% |
Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 5.0% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |