Dighton township, Lane County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Dighton township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
62% of Dighton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1255
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 71
- South: 97
- West: 87
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
19 people in nursing homes
4 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 668
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 22
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 66
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in Dighton township with a mortgage: 197 (10 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 231
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (30%)
- Construction (12%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Warehousing and storage (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dighton township:
- German (38.7%)
- English (17.1%)
- United States or American (12.3%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
- Norwegian (1.7%)
- European (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (45%)
- Philippines (36%)
- United Kingdom (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 564 (77%)
- Carpooled: 74 (10%)
- Walked: 40 (5%)
- Other means: 13 (2%)
- Worked at home: 46 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (82%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (1%)
19 people in nursing homes
4 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
98.1% of residents of Dighton township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (25% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,510- In family households: 1,235 (390 male householders, 41 female householders)
386 spouses, 365 children (331 natural, 10 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 8 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 275 (107 male householders (88 living alone)), 139 female householders (139 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 23 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 233 2-persons, 80 3-persons, 73 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 227 1-person, 11 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
296 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (20 men, 47 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 3.2% |
| 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% |