Big Bend township, Republic County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Big Bend township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
76% of Big Bend township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 17% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 144
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 75
- South: 3
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $20,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 135
- 3 or 4: 1
- 5 to 9: 7
Housing units in Big Bend township with a mortgage: 9 (0 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 41
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (58%)
- Truck transportation (13%)
- Gasoline stations (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Construction (2%)
- Food (2%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Health care (17%)
- Food and beverage stores (15%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (41%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (17%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Religious workers (5%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (5%)
- Other financial specialists (2%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (2%)
- Farmers and farm managers (34%)
- Registered nurses (15%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Librarians, curators, and archivists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Big Bend township:
- German (19.5%)
- English (12.4%)
- United States or American (10.7%)
- European (9.5%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- Scottish (8.3%)
- Swedish (8.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 95 (70%)
- Carpooled: 4 (3%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 3 (2%)
- Worked at home: 31 (23%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (77%)
- Wood (9%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
99.5% of residents of Big Bend township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 237- In family households: 208 (83 male householders, 9 female householders)
86 spouses, 30 children (28 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 29 (17 male householders (17 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 73 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 10 4-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 29 1-person,
36 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (0 men, 7 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): 2
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |