Dexter township, Cowley County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Dexter township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
48% of Dexter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% 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: 371
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 33
- South: 75
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
39 people in nursing homes
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 154
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 34
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,300
Housing units in Dexter township with a mortgage: 43 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 33
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Health care (32%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dexter township:
- United States or American (29.0%)
- German (16.2%)
- English (7.7%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- French (except Basque) (4.3%)
- Italian (2.8%)
- Dutch (1.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 159 (68%)
- Carpooled: 41 (17%)
- Walked: 14 (6%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 19 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (64%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (8%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Other fuel (4%)
39 people in nursing homes
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.6% of residents of Dexter township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 479- In family households: 414 (111 male householders, 15 female householders)
112 spouses, 153 children (142 natural, 4 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 6 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 65 (27 male householders (22 living alone)), 26 female householders (22 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 42 (36 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 49 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 44 1-person, 7 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
118 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (7 men, 8 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% |