Dresden township, Decatur County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Dresden township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
80% of Dresden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 24% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 138
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 17
- South: 2
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 80
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Dresden township with a mortgage: 9 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 30
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (48%)
- Construction (21%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (12%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Finance and insurance (21%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Social assistance (11%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (31%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (17%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Financial managers (21%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (18%)
- Other financial specialists (14%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (11%)
- Architects, surveyors, and cartographers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dresden township:
- German (68.6%)
- English (5.8%)
- Irish (5.8%)
- Scottish (4.1%)
- United States or American (3.3%)
- European (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 42 (55%)
- Carpooled: 23 (30%)
- Worked at home: 12 (16%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (79%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Wood (8%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (3%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 171- In family households: 152 (44 male householders, 0 female householders)
39 spouses, 62 children (60 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 19 (15 male householders (15 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 22 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 19 1-person,
32 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 16.7% |
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: 6
Here: | 100.0% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |