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Bennett township, Kingman County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)

Bennett township:

0.3%
Whole state:

5.0%

65% of Bennett township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% 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: 598
  • Northeast: 2
  • Midwest: 36
  • South: 52
  • West: 29

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%

No gay or lesbian households reported

35 people in nursing homes
Bennett township, KS map Bennett township, Kansas satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $14,000


Housing units in Bennett township with a mortgage: 82 (13 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 57

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 0
  • 1995 to 1998: 21
  • 1990 to 1994: 0
  • 1980 to 1989: 27
  • 1970 to 1979: 42
  • 1960 to 1969: 27
  • 1950 to 1959: 39
  • 1940 to 1949: 12
  • 1939 or earlier: 118

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

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 18
  • 5 rooms: 32
  • 6 rooms: 48
  • 7 rooms: 40
  • 8 rooms: 39
  • 9 or more rooms: 20

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

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 2
  • 3 rooms: 9
  • 4 rooms: 17
  • 5 rooms: 13
  • 6 rooms: 12
  • 7 rooms: 14
  • 8 rooms: 1
  • 9 or more rooms: 2

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

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 1
  • 2 bedrooms: 42
  • 3 bedrooms: 104
  • 4 bedrooms: 29
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 21

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bennett township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 15
  • 2 bedrooms: 17
  • 3 bedrooms: 32
  • 4 bedrooms: 3
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 3

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

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 28
  • 2 vehicles: 83
  • 3 vehicles: 51
  • 4 vehicles: 12
  • 5 or more vehicles: 23

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

  • no vehicle: 7
  • 1 vehicle: 36
  • 2 vehicles: 18
  • 3 vehicles: 5
  • 4 vehicles: 2
  • 5 or more vehicles: 2

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

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Transportation equipment (23%)
  • Metal and metal products (13%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
  • Construction (7%)
  • Air transportation (6%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
  • Machinery (2%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Finance and insurance (23%)
  • Educational services (16%)
  • Health care (15%)
  • Metal and metal products (8%)
  • Transportation equipment (8%)
  • Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (4%)
  • Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (12%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Customer service representatives (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Bennett township:

  • United States or American (29.0%)
  • German (28.4%)
  • English (13.9%)
  • Irish (10.0%)
  • Swedish (3.0%)
  • French (except Basque) (2.8%)
  • Scotch-Irish (1.3%)

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

  • El Salvador (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (68%)
  • Electricity (13%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
  • Wood (6%)

35 people in nursing homes

All residents speak only English at home

Household type by relationship:

Households: 693

Size of family households: 64 2-persons, 47 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 4 6-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 63 1-person, 2 2-persons,

165 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (2 men, 29 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here:

2.0%
Kansas:

11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here:

2.8%
Kansas:

7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
Here:

9.1%
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 Self-Care 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 Bennett township:

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