Elwood township, Barber County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (40% naturalized citizens)
Elwood township: | 1.8% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
62% of Elwood township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 26% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 150
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 15
- South: 84
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $15,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 136
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Elwood township with a mortgage: 30 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 41
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (30%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Construction (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (30%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (20%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (11%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (11%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (7%)
- Religious workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Elwood township:
- German (35.8%)
- English (12.3%)
- Dutch (7.8%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- French (except Basque) (6.4%)
- United States or American (6.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (60%)
- Korea (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 87 (72%)
- Carpooled: 10 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (2%)
- Walked: 13 (11%)
- Worked at home: 9 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (2%)
96.1% of residents of Elwood township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 272- In family households: 240 (83 male householders, 10 female householders)
70 spouses, 75 children (69 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 32 (15 male householders (15 living alone)), 17 female householders (17 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 60 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 13 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 32 1-person,
51 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (0 men, 5 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% |