Bala township, Riley County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (41% naturalized citizens)
| Bala township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
66% of Bala township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 531
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 64
- South: 17
- West: 77
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,000
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: 0.4% of all households
58 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 260
- 3 or 4: 11
- 10 to 19: 20
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Bala township with a mortgage: 70 (5 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 66
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Health care (18%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (14%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Warehousing and storage (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (17%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bala township:
- German (45.3%)
- Swedish (11.1%)
- Irish (7.8%)
- Polish (6.6%)
- French (except Basque) (6.4%)
- United States or American (4.3%)
- Dutch (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 237 (70%)
- Carpooled: 57 (17%)
- Walked: 10 (3%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 36 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (72%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Wood (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
58 people in nursing homes
93.2% of residents of Bala township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 681- In family households: 603 (156 male householders, 22 female householders)
175 spouses, 224 children (177 natural, 32 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 78 (20 male householders (8 living alone)), 48 female householders (48 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 56 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 68 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 36 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 56 1-person, 12 2-persons,
157 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (5 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 2.3% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |