Clifton township, Wilson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 35.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 414 (all rural)
| Males: 203 |  (49.0%) |
| Females: 211 |  (51.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 414 (379 owner occupied, 35 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 8% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Clifton township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.9%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.4%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
Median age of males: 37.8
Median age of females: 39.3
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Average household size: 2.56
| Clifton township: | 2.6 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.93
| Clifton township: | $38,644 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $357 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $63,840 (it was $40,800 in 2000)
| : | $63,840 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 12 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 6.7% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 3.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: Buffalo.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Buffalo Wastewater Treatment Plant (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Clifton township: Buffalo Church of the Nazarene (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Maple Grove Cemetery (1), Buffalo Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Wilson County State Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Woodruff Branch (A), East Buffalo Creek (B), Bloody Run (C), West Buffalo Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Clifton township include: Wilson State Fishing Lake (1), Wilson County State Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
66% of Clifton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 324
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 47
- South: 42
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 177
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,200
Housing units in Clifton township with a mortgage: 55 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 61
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Social assistance (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Clifton township:
- United States or American (24.5%)
- German (22.2%)
- English (19.1%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- Scottish (4.7%)
- Norwegian (2.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 121 (65%)
- Carpooled: 54 (29%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (2%)
98.7% of residents of Clifton township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 424- In family households: 383 (122 male householders, 11 female householders)
106 spouses, 113 children (102 natural, 10 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 6 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 41 (10 male householders (6 living alone)), 29 female householders (29 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 69 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 35 1-person, 4 2-persons,
85 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (6 men, 8 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): 4
| Here: | 17.4% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |