Center township, Ness County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (29% naturalized citizens)
| Center township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
64% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1297
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 103
- South: 65
- West: 63
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
43 people in nursing homes
3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 683
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 4
- 10 to 19: 6
- 20 to 49: 33
- Mobile homes: 56
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,500
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 189 (4 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 251
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (59.4%)
- English (9.0%)
- United States or American (8.2%)
- Irish (5.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
- Italian (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (67%)
- Russia (10%)
- Bangladesh (10%)
- Vietnam (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 562 (76%)
- Carpooled: 94 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 41 (6%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 39 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Electricity (7%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Wood (1%)
43 people in nursing homes
3 people in religious group quarters
96.4% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,506- In family households: 1,230 (369 male householders, 46 female householders)
375 spouses, 405 children (356 natural, 9 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 276 (117 male householders (107 living alone)), 143 female householders (138 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 48 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 225 2-persons, 73 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 245 1-person, 15 2-persons,
291 married couples with children.
49 single-parent households (23 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
| Here: | 21.8% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 22.7% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |