Sharon Springs township, Wallace County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (17% naturalized citizens)
| Sharon Springs township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
68% of Sharon Springs 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, 56% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 781
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 55
- South: 58
- West: 178
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $20,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
25 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 415
- Two: 12
- 3 or 4: 14
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 62
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,900
Housing units in Sharon Springs township with a mortgage: 130 (2 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 138
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Construction (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (13%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sharon Springs township:
- German (36.9%)
- United States or American (15.0%)
- English (10.2%)
- Irish (7.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- Swedish (3.2%)
- Polish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Portugal (50%)
- Mexico (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 426 (76%)
- Carpooled: 38 (7%)
- Walked: 46 (8%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 41 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
25 people in nursing homes
97.1% of residents of Sharon Springs township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,057- In family households: 908 (289 male householders, 22 female householders)
260 spouses, 308 children (287 natural, 14 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 2 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 149 (52 male householders (47 living alone)), 81 female householders (75 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 25 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 150 2-persons, 75 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 122 1-person, 8 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
243 married couples with children.
40 single-parent households (12 men, 28 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 12.8% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |