Centre township, Marion County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 49.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 535 (all rural)
Males: 278 | (52.0%) |
Females: 257 | (48.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 535 (486 owner occupied, 49 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 9% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Centre township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.7%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
Median age of males: 45.4
Median age of females: 45.9
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Average household size: 2.43
Centre township: | 2.4 people |
Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.75
Centre township: | $45,509 |
Kansas: | $50,972 |
Here: | $388 |
State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $83,840 (it was $59,000 in 2000)
: | $83,840 |
Kansas: | $129,700 |
Population density: 11 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 6.5% |
Whole state: | 9.9% |
This township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: Marion.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Centre township: Marion Country Club (A), Marion Wastewater Plant (B), Marion County Lake Hall (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Claney Cemetery (1), Harter Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Marion County Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Clear Creek (A), Spring Branch (B), Mud Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Centre township: Marion County Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
69% of Centre township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 440
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 41
- South: 19
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 273
- Mobile homes: 108
Median worth of mobile homes: $48,800
Housing units in Centre township with a mortgage: 89 (8 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Social assistance (13%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (10%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Health care (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (26%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (5%)
- Child care workers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Religious workers (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Centre township:
- German (30.8%)
- United States or American (25.4%)
- Irish (16.8%)
- English (9.2%)
- Swiss (5.4%)
- Czech (3.0%)
- Canadian (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 200 (69%)
- Carpooled: 22 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (2%)
- Ferryboat: 5 (2%)
- Walked: 19 (7%)
- Other means: 11 (4%)
- Worked at home: 26 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
98.5% of residents of Centre township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 552- In family households: 509 (174 male householders, 11 female householders)
174 spouses, 132 children (123 natural, 0 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 43 (18 male householders (10 living alone)), 17 female householders (17 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 117 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 32 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 27 1-person, 8 2-persons,
110 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (3 men, 5 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: 7
Here: | 100.0% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |