Wakarusa township, Douglas County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Wakarusa township: | 2.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
65% of Wakarusa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1240
- Northeast: 59
- Midwest: 428
- South: 186
- West: 90
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Wakarusa township, Kansas:
- 37 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 22 people in other group homes
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 765
- One, attached: 8
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $95,000
Housing units in Wakarusa township with a mortgage: 351 (31 second mortgage, 48 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 185
- Construction (26%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wakarusa township:
- German (32.9%)
- English (14.7%)
- United States or American (11.1%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
- European (3.6%)
- Italian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (36%)
- Canada (26%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Netherlands (14%)
- Russia (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,013 (82%)
- Carpooled: 111 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 73 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Solar energy (1%)
People in group quarters in Wakarusa township, Kansas:
- 37 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 22 people in other group homes
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.3% of residents of Wakarusa township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,995- In family households: 1,790 (586 male householders, 56 female householders)
559 spouses, 478 children (446 natural, 11 adopted, 21 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 24 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 205 (96 male householders (69 living alone)), 64 female householders (39 living alone)), 45 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 71 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 309 2-persons, 134 3-persons, 166 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 108 1-person, 52 2-persons,
443 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (24 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 4.3% |
| 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: 36
| Here: | 33.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |