Coldwater township, Comanche County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (13% naturalized citizens)
| Coldwater township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
55% of Coldwater township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 692
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 79
- South: 164
- West: 53
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
30 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 502
- One, attached: 11
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 5
- 20 to 49: 7
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,000
Housing units in Coldwater township with a mortgage: 97 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 150
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Construction (19%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Personal and laundry services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Coldwater township:
- German (27.6%)
- United States or American (16.8%)
- Irish (13.2%)
- English (11.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.6%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- Polish (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (38%)
- Poland (38%)
- Other Eastern Africa (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 368 (77%)
- Carpooled: 41 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
- Walked: 30 (6%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 29 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (1%)
30 people in nursing homes
99.8% of residents of Coldwater township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 988- In family households: 789 (243 male householders, 36 female householders)
239 spouses, 253 children (217 natural, 8 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 3 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 199 (65 male householders (63 living alone)), 126 female householders (122 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 31 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 154 2-persons, 47 3-persons, 53 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 185 1-person, 6 2-persons,
188 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (3 men, 43 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: 4
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |