Potosi township, Linn County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (80% naturalized citizens)
Potosi township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
57% of Potosi 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, 59% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1218
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 561
- South: 139
- West: 103
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $23,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 721
- Two: 10
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 182
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,000
Housing units in Potosi township with a mortgage: 192 (2 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 180
- Construction (30%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Potosi township:
- German (26.2%)
- United States or American (23.5%)
- English (12.3%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- Italian (3.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Spain (30%)
- Mexico (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 679 (76%)
- Carpooled: 161 (18%)
- Taxi: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 22 (2%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 14 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (4%)
98.9% of residents of Potosi township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,050- In family households: 1,824 (481 male householders, 118 female householders)
522 spouses, 617 children (530 natural, 33 adopted, 54 stepchildren), 42 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 6 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 226 (88 male householders (73 living alone)), 112 female householders (102 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 247 2-persons, 151 3-persons, 126 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 175 1-person, 25 2-persons,
381 married couples with children.
99 single-parent households (28 men, 71 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 31
Here: | 12.7% |
Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 2.9% |
Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
Here: | 8.6% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |