Canton township, McPherson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (40% naturalized citizens)
Canton township: | 1.8% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
59% of Canton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1788
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 92
- South: 99
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
47 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 532
- Mobile homes: 276
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,700
Housing units in Canton township with a mortgage: 175 (6 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 90
- Construction (20%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Wood products (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canton township:
- German (18.9%)
- United States or American (18.6%)
- Dutch (12.3%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- English (6.7%)
- French (except Basque) (5.6%)
- Polish (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (70%)
- Canada (20%)
- Spain (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 716 (80%)
- Carpooled: 135 (15%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (72%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Wood (10%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
47 people in nursing homes
96.2% of residents of Canton township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (35% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 35% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,087- In family households: 1,860 (441 male householders, 108 female householders)
464 spouses, 698 children (610 natural, 22 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 45 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 28 other relatives, 53 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 227 (122 male householders (87 living alone)), 55 female householders (48 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 194 2-persons, 133 3-persons, 102 4-persons, 78 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 135 1-person, 35 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
231 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (19 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
Here: | 8.9% |
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: 13
Here: | 23.2% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |