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Burrton township, Harvey County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 2 (10% naturalized citizens)

Burrton township:

1.7%
Whole state:

5.0%

54% of Burrton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Kansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 830
  • Northeast: 14
  • Midwest: 96
  • South: 108
  • West: 63

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Burrton township, KS map Burrton township, Kansas satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $26,900


Housing units in Burrton township with a mortgage: 151 (18 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 84

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 9
  • 1995 to 1998: 15
  • 1990 to 1994: 9
  • 1980 to 1989: 38
  • 1970 to 1979: 119
  • 1960 to 1969: 53
  • 1950 to 1959: 48
  • 1940 to 1949: 55
  • 1939 or earlier: 146

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

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 3
  • 3 rooms: 2
  • 4 rooms: 37
  • 5 rooms: 97
  • 6 rooms: 54
  • 7 rooms: 50
  • 8 rooms: 37
  • 9 or more rooms: 36

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

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 2
  • 3 rooms: 34
  • 4 rooms: 13
  • 5 rooms: 31
  • 6 rooms: 28
  • 7 rooms: 4
  • 8 rooms: 4
  • 9 or more rooms: 2

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

  • no bedroom: 3
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 127
  • 3 bedrooms: 120
  • 4 bedrooms: 52
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 14

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Burrton township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 38
  • 2 bedrooms: 35
  • 3 bedrooms: 36
  • 4 bedrooms: 5
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 4

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

  • no vehicle: 12
  • 1 vehicle: 76
  • 2 vehicles: 119
  • 3 vehicles: 76
  • 4 vehicles: 21
  • 5 or more vehicles: 12

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

  • no vehicle: 13
  • 1 vehicle: 69
  • 2 vehicles: 29
  • 3 vehicles: 7
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

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

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (16%)
  • Truck transportation (8%)
  • Machinery (8%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Metal and metal products (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (30%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Social assistance (4%)
  • Machinery (4%)
  • Private households (3%)
  • Personal and laundry services (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Construction laborers (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Registered nurses (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Burrton township:

  • German (37.9%)
  • United States or American (14.8%)
  • English (8.2%)
  • Irish (7.2%)
  • French (except Basque) (5.0%)
  • Dutch (3.1%)
  • Scotch-Irish (2.4%)

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

  • Mexico (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (69%)
  • Electricity (24%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
  • Wood (1%)

96.4% of residents of Burrton township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,135

Size of family households: 123 2-persons, 66 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 103 1-person, 15 2-persons, 5 3-persons,

233 married couples with children.
51 single-parent households (20 men, 31 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
Here:

3.8%
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: 10
Here:

29.4%
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 Burrton township:

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