Bird City township, Cheyenne County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Bird City township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
61% of Bird City township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 837
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 102
- South: 38
- West: 31
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 300
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 41
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $71,700
Housing units in Bird City township with a mortgage: 71 (7 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 26
- Construction (25%)
- Metal and metal products (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bird City township:
- German (30.5%)
- Dutch (17.0%)
- Norwegian (12.0%)
- Swedish (7.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.8%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- Polish (4.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Thailand (63%)
- Argentina (38%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 339 (69%)
- Carpooled: 65 (13%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 19 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 60 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Wood (7%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
95.6% of residents of Bird City township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,026- In family households: 965 (268 male householders, 15 female householders)
266 spouses, 394 children (350 natural, 11 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 3 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 61 (38 male householders (34 living alone)), 15 female householders (13 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 119 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 47 1-person, 5 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
145 married couples with children.
28 single-parent households (10 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 46
| Here: | 28.0% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 7.9% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |