Castle township, McPherson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 36.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 225 (all rural)
| Males: 108 |  (48.0%) |
| Females: 117 |  (52.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 225 (207 owner occupied, 18 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 8% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Castle township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.9%
- Two or more races: 1.8%
- Some other race: 0.9%
Median age of males: 42.7
Median age of females: 41.9
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Average household size: 2.37
| Castle township: | 2.4 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.89
| Castle township: | $51,070 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $493 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $125,862 (it was $83,300 in 2000)
| : | $125,862 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 9.4% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: Windom.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Windom Sewer Treatment Plant (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Windom Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
65% of Castle township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 204
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 22
- South: 9
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 83
- One, attached: 3
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $47,500
Housing units in Castle township with a mortgage: 24 (2 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 27
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Plastics and rubber products (11%)
- Petroleum and coal products (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (15%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Private households (9%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Electricians (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (15%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Castle township:
- German (34.6%)
- Swedish (20.0%)
- English (10.8%)
- United States or American (9.7%)
- Dutch (7.0%)
- Irish (3.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 99 (79%)
- Carpooled: 16 (13%)
- Walked: 1 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 8 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (32%)
99.1% of residents of Castle township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 245- In family households: 217 (67 male householders, 8 female householders)
60 spouses, 82 children (70 natural, 5 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 28 (9 male householders (6 living alone)), 15 female householders (15 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 44 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 21 1-person, 3 2-persons,
43 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (2 men, 2 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |