Colfax township, Wilson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Colfax township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
64% of Colfax township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 362
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 38
- South: 23
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 176
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,600
Housing units in Colfax township with a mortgage: 34 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 41
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (9%)
- Construction (7%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Colfax township:
- German (36.8%)
- United States or American (26.8%)
- French (except Basque) (7.9%)
- Swedish (7.1%)
- English (5.0%)
- Irish (3.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 191 (85%)
- Carpooled: 20 (9%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 8 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (63%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (7%)
98.8% of residents of Colfax township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 437- In family households: 372 (115 male householders, 8 female householders)
124 spouses, 119 children (99 natural, 0 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 65 (32 male householders (24 living alone)), 20 female householders (20 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 66 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 44 1-person, 6 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
80 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (7 men, 6 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: 9
| Here: | 39.1% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |