Center township, Smith County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (69% naturalized citizens)
| Center township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
62% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1629
- Northeast: 29
- Midwest: 241
- South: 39
- West: 121
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Center township, Kansas:
- 63 people in nursing homes
- 9 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 913
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 61
- 5 to 9: 4
- 20 to 49: 9
- Mobile homes: 59
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 189 (7 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 406
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Religious workers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (46.2%)
- English (14.1%)
- United States or American (11.1%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.3%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
- Danish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (46%)
- United Kingdom (31%)
- Greece (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 691 (78%)
- Carpooled: 74 (8%)
- Walked: 68 (8%)
- Other means: 17 (2%)
- Worked at home: 35 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (88%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
People in group quarters in Center township, Kansas:
- 63 people in nursing homes
- 9 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.9% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 54% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,001- In family households: 1,672 (508 male householders, 98 female householders)
520 spouses, 481 children (453 natural, 10 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 21 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 329 (130 male householders (124 living alone)), 185 female householders (177 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 80 (64 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 334 2-persons, 131 3-persons, 79 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 301 1-person, 14 2-persons,
321 married couples with children.
96 single-parent households (32 men, 64 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% |