Chetopa township, Neosho County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 48.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 894 (all rural)
Males: 451 | (50.4%) |
Females: 443 | (49.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 894 (752 owner occupied, 142 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 16% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Chetopa township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 93.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.2%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.7%
Median age of males: 34.9
Median age of females: 35.6
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Average household size: 2.79
Chetopa township: | 2.8 people |
Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.12
Chetopa township: | $41,776 |
Kansas: | $50,972 |
Here: | $396 |
State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $69,598 (it was $47,200 in 2000)
: | $69,598 |
Kansas: | $129,700 |
Population density: 19 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 5.8% |
Whole state: | 9.9% |
This township: | 3.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: Thayer.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Chetopa township: Thayer Sewer Treatment Plant (A), Beachner Grain Elevator Number 15 (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Chetopa township: Thayer Christian Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Thayer Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Reservoir: Thayer City Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
55% of Chetopa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 696
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 40
- South: 82
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 274
- Two: 5
- Mobile homes: 62
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,200
Housing units in Chetopa township with a mortgage: 75 (7 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 80
- Construction (17%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (7%)
- Food (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chetopa township:
- United States or American (25.9%)
- German (20.1%)
- English (11.8%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- French (except Basque) (6.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.0%)
- European (1.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 336 (86%)
- Carpooled: 34 (9%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 13 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (2%)
99.4% of residents of Chetopa township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 870- In family households: 819 (198 male householders, 54 female householders)
221 spouses, 310 children (237 natural, 7 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 51 (27 male householders (27 living alone)), 19 female householders (16 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 103 2-persons, 47 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 32 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 43 1-person, 3 2-persons,
216 married couples with children.
43 single-parent households (6 men, 37 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): 1
Here: | 1.9% |
Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |