Alma township, Wabaunsee County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Alma township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
56% of Alma township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 884
- Northeast: 16
- Midwest: 148
- South: 37
- West: 91
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
51 people in nursing homes
2 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 439
- Two: 21
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 5
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,000
Housing units in Alma township with a mortgage: 155 (25 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 137
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Rail transportation (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (14%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Alma township:
- German (61.3%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- Italian (5.7%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- English (3.7%)
- Swedish (3.7%)
- Welsh (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Panama (35%)
- Mexico (24%)
- Guatemala (18%)
- Germany (12%)
- Korea (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 428 (75%)
- Carpooled: 66 (12%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 35 (6%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 33 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
51 people in nursing homes
2 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
96.8% of residents of Alma township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,147- In family households: 1,016 (274 male householders, 46 female householders)
279 spouses, 349 children (278 natural, 21 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 14 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 131 (50 male householders (40 living alone)), 71 female householders (68 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 52 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 141 2-persons, 75 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 108 1-person, 13 2-persons,
206 married couples with children.
61 single-parent households (16 men, 45 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
| Here: | 22.2% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 19.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |