Longton township, Elk County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (25% naturalized citizens)
Longton township: | 2.3% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
57% of Longton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 357
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 38
- South: 62
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 193
- 3 or 4: 10
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 39
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,000
Housing units in Longton township with a mortgage: 46 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Construction (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Longton township:
- United States or American (35.6%)
- German (26.3%)
- English (12.3%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- European (3.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 132 (67%)
- Carpooled: 40 (20%)
- Walked: 7 (4%)
- Worked at home: 18 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (7%)
- Other fuel (4%)
96.5% of residents of Longton township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 514- In family households: 433 (104 male householders, 31 female householders)
105 spouses, 163 children (155 natural, 2 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 10 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 81 (30 male householders (30 living alone)), 51 female householders (51 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 64 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person,
107 married couples with children.
47 single-parent households (18 men, 29 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 9.9% |
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% |