Elkhorn township, Lincoln County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Elkhorn township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
59% of Elkhorn township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 736
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 52
- South: 33
- West: 67
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 436
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 1
- 10 to 19: 3
- 20 to 49: 26
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Elkhorn township with a mortgage: 97 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 195
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (11%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Gasoline stations (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (35%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elkhorn township:
- German (43.2%)
- United States or American (11.7%)
- Irish (10.9%)
- English (10.0%)
- Danish (6.6%)
- Swedish (2.2%)
- French Canadian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (60%)
- Japan (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 367 (81%)
- Carpooled: 27 (6%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 20 (4%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
99.0% of residents of Elkhorn township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (20% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 904- In family households: 680 (215 male householders, 54 female householders)
221 spouses, 170 children (158 natural, 2 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 224 (71 male householders (63 living alone)), 133 female householders (128 living alone)), 20 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 170 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 27 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 191 1-person, 9 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
131 married couples with children.
53 single-parent households (12 men, 41 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% |