Garfield township, Wabaunsee County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (40% naturalized citizens)
Garfield township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
66% of Garfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 441
- Northeast: 26
- Midwest: 49
- South: 29
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 271
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 2
- 5 to 9: 5
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,900
Housing units in Garfield township with a mortgage: 66 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Construction (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Educational services (29%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Garfield township:
- German (49.4%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- English (8.3%)
- United States or American (8.1%)
- Swedish (5.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.9%)
- Norwegian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (60%)
- Germany (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 230 (77%)
- Carpooled: 40 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (2%)
- Walked: 13 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 7 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (9%)
96.9% of residents of Garfield township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 585- In family households: 507 (145 male householders, 33 female householders)
147 spouses, 149 children (135 natural, 8 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 6 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 78 (38 male householders (38 living alone)), 40 female householders (40 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 96 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 12 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 78 1-person,
96 married couples with children.
37 single-parent households (6 men, 31 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here: | 5.7% |
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |