Center township, Nemaha County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 13 (73% naturalized citizens)
Center township: | 13.0% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
60% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 94% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1734
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 34
- South: 69
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 572
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 103
Median worth of mobile homes: $50,000
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 186 (13 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 87
- Construction (21%)
- Transportation equipment (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (27.9%)
- English (13.5%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- Polish (7.5%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- French (except Basque) (5.0%)
- Scottish (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (31%)
- Mexico (19%)
- Philippines (15%)
- Other Western Europe (12%)
- Other Southern Europe (8%)
- Other Eastern Europe (8%)
- Other Western Asia (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 685 (80%)
- Carpooled: 94 (11%)
- Walked: 19 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 50 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Utility gas (18%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
95.7% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,918- In family households: 1,768 (481 male householders, 59 female householders)
451 spouses, 646 children (605 natural, 2 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 41 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 23 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 150 (76 male householders (53 living alone)), 44 female householders (39 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 224 2-persons, 99 3-persons, 116 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 29 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 92 1-person, 24 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
66 married couples with children.
1 single-parent households (1 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
Here: | 7.1% |
Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 2.7% |
Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 13.5% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |