Oskaloosa township, Jefferson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (10% naturalized citizens)
| Oskaloosa township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
52% of Oskaloosa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1613
- Northeast: 51
- Midwest: 261
- South: 102
- West: 73
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
54 people in nursing homes
48 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 690
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 31
- 5 to 9: 1
- 10 to 19: 4
- Mobile homes: 86
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,100
Housing units in Oskaloosa township with a mortgage: 211 (15 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 148
- Construction (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oskaloosa township:
- German (25.8%)
- United States or American (25.1%)
- English (13.5%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.8%)
- Norwegian (1.9%)
- Swedish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (70%)
- Japan (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 699 (71%)
- Carpooled: 217 (22%)
- Walked: 20 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 38 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
54 people in nursing homes
48 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
98.6% of residents of Oskaloosa township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (17% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 71% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,013- In family households: 1,726 (437 male householders, 124 female householders)
456 spouses, 629 children (591 natural, 7 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 5 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 287 (118 male householders (89 living alone)), 105 female householders (93 living alone)), 64 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 103 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 246 2-persons, 117 3-persons, 99 4-persons, 74 5-persons, 25 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 182 1-person, 31 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 4 5-persons,
421 married couples with children.
96 single-parent households (26 men, 70 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 5.2% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |