Pike township, Lyon County, Kansas (KS)

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Pike township, KS map Land area: 53.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 899 (all rural)

Males: 463	(51.5%)
Females: 436	(48.5%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 899 (727 owner occupied, 172 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	19%
State:	31%

Races in Pike township:

White Non-Hispanic: 88.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
Asian: 0.4%
Two or more races: 1.4%

Median age of males: 39.0
Median age of females: 40.3

Average houshold size: 2.55
Average family size: 3.00

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Population density: 17 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	5.9%
Whole state:	9.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	2.6%
Whole state:	4.1%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemetery: Grandview Cemetery.

Creeks: Moon Creek, Jacob Creek, Linck Creek, Beaver Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 75 (4% naturalized citizens)

Pike township:	8.3%
State:	5.0%

62% of Pike township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Kansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 682
Northeast: 8
Midwest: 92
South: 114
West: 0

Pike township, Kansas satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 280
One, attached: 6
Mobile homes: 150

Median worth of mobile homes: $18,200

Housing units in Pike township with a mortgage: 32 (7 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 28

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 12
1995 to 1998: 7
1990 to 1994: 7
1980 to 1989: 46
1970 to 1979: 183
1960 to 1969: 31
1950 to 1959: 56
1940 to 1949: 27
1939 or earlier: 67

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Pike township, Kansas:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 7
3 rooms: 11
4 rooms: 19
5 rooms: 68
6 rooms: 61
7 rooms: 44
8 rooms: 59
9 or more rooms: 28

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pike township, Kansas:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 5
3 rooms: 18
4 rooms: 5
5 rooms: 24
6 rooms: 6
7 rooms: 5
8 rooms: 5
9 or more rooms: 5

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Pike township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 37
2 bedrooms: 33
3 bedrooms: 164
4 bedrooms: 57
5 or more bedrooms: 6

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pike township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 10
2 bedrooms: 33
3 bedrooms: 15
4 bedrooms: 5
5 or more bedrooms: 10

Cars and other vehicles available in Pike township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 6
1 vehicle: 71
2 vehicles: 117
3 vehicles: 51
4 vehicles: 7
5 or more vehicles: 45

Cars and other vehicles available in Pike township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 10
1 vehicle: 31
2 vehicles: 22
3 vehicles: 5
4 vehicles: 5
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Food (23%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
Educational services (12%)
Construction (10%)
Machinery (8%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
Transportation equipment (6%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (24%)
Food (13%)
Health care (11%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
Personal and laundry services (8%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Food processing workers (5%)
Farmers and farm managers (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (14%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
Food processing workers (11%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Pike township:

German (25.1%)
United States or American (20.6%)
Irish (6.9%)
Dutch (3.8%)
English (3.7%)
Welsh (2.7%)
Danish (1.9%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (83%)
El Salvador (9%)
Philippines (8%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 421 (73%)
Carpooled: 128 (22%)
Worked at home: 29 (5%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Bottled, tank, or LP gas (47%)
Utility gas (22%)
Electricity (20%)
Wood (7%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
Other fuel (2%)

88.5% of residents of Pike township speak English at home.
11.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 38% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 971

In family households: 854 (258 male householders, 10 female householders)
252 spouses, 320 children (287 natural, 2 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 117 (43 male householders (43 living alone)), 59 female householders (45 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 128 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 88 1-person, 14 2-persons.

163 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (17 men, 21 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15

Here:	14.2%
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: 0

Here:	0.0%
Kansas:	13.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

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