Straight Creek township, Jackson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 36.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 158 (all rural)
| Males: 80 |  (50.6%) |
| Females: 78 |  (49.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 158 (143 owner occupied, 15 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 9% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Straight Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 93.7%
- Black: 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.6%
- Asian: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 3.2%
Median age of males: 42.0
Median age of females: 43.0
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Average household size: 2.59
| Straight Creek township: | 2.6 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.96
| Straight Creek township: | $54,163 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $482 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $119,397 (it was $79,100 in 2000)
| : | $119,397 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 4 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 8.9% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Larkinburg Cemetery (1), Estes Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
68% of Straight Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 135
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 14
- South: 6
- West: 3
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 66
- Mobile homes: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Straight Creek township with a mortgage: 5 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (36%)
- Gasoline stations (13%)
- Construction (11%)
- Food (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Health care (20%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Gasoline stations (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (30%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (18%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (10%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Communications equipment operators (8%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Straight Creek township:
- German (42.4%)
- English (15.3%)
- United States or American (11.8%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- Swedish (6.3%)
- Danish (4.2%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 62 (64%)
- Carpooled: 12 (12%)
- Worked at home: 23 (24%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (55%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Wood (20%)
- Electricity (4%)
97.4% of residents of Straight Creek township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 168- In family households: 155 (38 male householders, 15 female householders)
50 spouses, 43 children (40 natural, 3 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 13 (6 male householders (6 living alone)), 7 female householders (7 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 23 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 13 1-person,
38 married couples with children.
3 single-parent households (0 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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: 3
| Here: | 100.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |