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Afton township, Sedgwick County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)

Afton township:

0.4%
Whole state:

5.0%

62% of Afton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Kansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 1050
  • Northeast: 34
  • Midwest: 117
  • South: 118
  • West: 18

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

42 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
21 people in other group homes
Afton township, KS map Afton township, Kansas satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500


Housing units in Afton township with a mortgage: 220 (31 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 71

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 31
  • 1995 to 1998: 74
  • 1990 to 1994: 65
  • 1980 to 1989: 74
  • 1970 to 1979: 101
  • 1960 to 1969: 41
  • 1950 to 1959: 8
  • 1940 to 1949: 6
  • 1939 or earlier: 17

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Afton township, Kansas:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 12
  • 4 rooms: 26
  • 5 rooms: 62
  • 6 rooms: 73
  • 7 rooms: 87
  • 8 rooms: 38
  • 9 or more rooms: 90

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Afton township, Kansas:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 8
  • 5 rooms: 0
  • 6 rooms: 0
  • 7 rooms: 0
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Afton township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 71
  • 3 bedrooms: 192
  • 4 bedrooms: 96
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 29

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Afton township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 8
  • 3 bedrooms: 0
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Afton township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 30
  • 2 vehicles: 146
  • 3 vehicles: 112
  • 4 vehicles: 75
  • 5 or more vehicles: 25

Cars and other vehicles available in Afton township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 0
  • 2 vehicles: 0
  • 3 vehicles: 0
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 8

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Transportation equipment (24%)
  • Construction (11%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Machinery (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Transportation equipment (19%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Health care (12%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Air transportation (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Engineers (7%)
  • Top executives (7%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Carpenters (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (16%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Afton township:

  • German (50.7%)
  • English (11.2%)
  • Irish (10.7%)
  • United States or American (9.7%)
  • Welsh (2.7%)
  • Scottish (1.6%)
  • Scotch-Irish (1.5%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Germany (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (44%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
  • Electricity (21%)
  • Wood (2%)
  • Other fuel (2%)
  • No fuel used (1%)

42 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
21 people in other group homes

98.1% of residents of Afton township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,279

Size of family households: 137 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 99 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 24 1-person, 10 2-persons, 3 4-persons,

361 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (15 men, 21 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 46
Here:

22.1%
Kansas:

11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here:

2.3%
Kansas:

7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
Here:

34.4%
Kansas:

13.8%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Afton township:

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