Lyon township, Cherokee County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 50.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 528 (all rural)
Males: 270 | (51.1%) |
Females: 258 | (48.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 528 (459 owner occupied, 69 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 13% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Lyon township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 90.2%
- Black: 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 5.9%
- Two or more races: 3.0%
Median age of males: 38.8
Median age of females: 39.4
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Average household size: 2.47
Lyon township: | 2.5 people |
Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.95
Lyon township: | $42,539 |
Kansas: | $50,972 |
Here: | $379 |
State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $72,325 (it was $48,400 in 2000)
: | $72,325 |
Kansas: | $129,700 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $98,467
Here: $98,467 State: $166,141
Townhouses or other attached units: $34,770
Here: $34,770 State: $137,909
Mobile homes: $43,452
Here: $43,452 State: $39,479
Population density: 11 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 4.4% |
Whole state: | 9.9% |
This township: | 2.1% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: Treece.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Lyon township: Treece Wastewater Treatment Plant (A), Captain (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Lyon township include: Keelville Church (A), Center Christian Church (B), Pleasant Hill Baptist Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Moore Cemetery (1), Johnson Family Cemetery (2), Green lawn Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
75% of Lyon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 86% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1635
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 106
- South: 97
- West: 15
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 519
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 28
- Mobile homes: 167
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,600
Housing units in Lyon township with a mortgage: 261 (25 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 102
- Transportation equipment (19%)
- Construction (17%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lyon township:
- German (32.6%)
- United States or American (16.9%)
- English (14.6%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
- Swiss (1.9%)
- Hungarian (1.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 751 (83%)
- Carpooled: 93 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 28 (3%)
- Walked: 4 (0%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 26 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Utility gas (35%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Wood (4%)
96.0% of residents of Lyon township speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (36% speak English very well, 64% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,831- In family households: 1,652 (421 male householders, 106 female householders)
397 spouses, 656 children (650 natural, 1 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 17 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 179 (59 male householders (53 living alone)), 91 female householders (70 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 28 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 232 2-persons, 112 3-persons, 104 4-persons, 52 5-persons, 27 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 123 1-person, 27 2-persons,
100 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (16 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 67
Here: | 24.7% |
Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 27
Here: | 19.6% |
Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 11.5% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |