Center township, Jewell County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (33% naturalized citizens)
Center township: | 1.1% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
62% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 749
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 273
- South: 40
- West: 32
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
People in group quarters in Center township, Kansas:
- 39 people in nursing homes
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 478
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 57
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,800
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 101 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 220
- Construction (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Construction (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (27.0%)
- English (16.8%)
- United States or American (15.0%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- Swedish (5.3%)
- Norwegian (4.0%)
- Dutch (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Pakistan (67%)
- United Kingdom (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 418 (87%)
- Carpooled: 26 (5%)
- Walked: 25 (5%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (95%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Center township, Kansas:
- 39 people in nursing homes
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
98.4% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (43% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,067- In family households: 842 (259 male householders, 36 female householders)
274 spouses, 251 children (215 natural, 10 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 225 (78 male householders (69 living alone)), 122 female householders (115 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 44 (36 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 164 2-persons, 41 3-persons, 55 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 184 1-person, 11 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
196 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (5 men, 19 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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |