Big Timber township, Rush County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 47.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 164 (all rural)
| Males: 93 |  (56.7%) |
| Females: 71 |  (43.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 164 (139 owner occupied, 25 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Big Timber township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
Median age of males: 41.4
Median age of females: 43.5
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Average household size: 2.38
| Big Timber township: | 2.4 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.78
| Big Timber township: | $42,311 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $322 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $57,880 (it was $33,100 in 2000)
| : | $57,880 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 3 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 10.5% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 5.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: Liebenthal.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Liebenthal Wastewater Plant (A). Display/hide its location on the map
41% of Big Timber township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 6% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 105
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 0
- South: 8
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 77
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,300
Housing units in Big Timber township with a mortgage: 7 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24
- Health care (22%)
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (6%)
- Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (6%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Public administration (15%)
- Apparel (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Health care (10%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Registered nurses (16%)
- Business operations specialists (13%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (13%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Postsecondary teachers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (20%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (20%)
- Legal support workers (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (10%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Big Timber township:
- German (67.9%)
- United States or American (10.3%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- English (2.6%)
- Polish (2.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 38 (73%)
- Carpooled: 9 (17%)
- Worked at home: 5 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (93%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (3%)
78.7% of residents of Big Timber township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
18.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (17% speak English very well, 65% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 124- In family households: 94 (30 male householders, 2 female householders)
25 spouses, 35 children (35 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 30 (17 male householders (15 living alone)), 12 female householders (12 living alone)), 1 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 19 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 27 1-person, 2 2-persons,
23 married couples with children.
8 single-parent households (6 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 9.5% |
| 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% |