Emma township, Harvey County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (19% naturalized citizens)
| Emma township: | 3.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
49% of Emma township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2601
- Northeast: 107
- Midwest: 665
- South: 248
- West: 234
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $91,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
277 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
136 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 932
- One, attached: 65
- Two: 93
- 3 or 4: 135
- 5 to 9: 68
- 10 to 19: 12
- 20 to 49: 30
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 165
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Emma township with a mortgage: 467 (33 second mortgage, 71 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 313
- Machinery (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Construction (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Educational services (30%)
- Health care (20%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (2%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (2%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Emma township:
- German (48.3%)
- United States or American (10.9%)
- Swiss (4.8%)
- Irish (4.6%)
- English (3.4%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (13%)
- Canada (13%)
- Japan (12%)
- Korea (10%)
- India (9%)
- Germany (7%)
- Russia (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,547 (76%)
- Carpooled: 126 (6%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 22 (1%)
- Walked: 229 (11%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 94 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (2%)
277 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
136 people in nursing homes
93.7% of residents of Emma township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (52% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (28% speak English very well, 72% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,645- In family households: 3,234 (915 male householders, 133 female householders)
909 spouses, 1,142 children (983 natural, 75 adopted, 84 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 40 other relatives, 42 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 411 (127 male householders (115 living alone)), 232 female householders (202 living alone)), 52 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 412 (100 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 513 2-persons, 179 3-persons, 195 4-persons, 95 5-persons, 58 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 317 1-person, 35 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
885 married couples with children.
138 single-parent households (16 men, 122 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 38
| Here: | 8.2% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 351
| Here: | 83.2% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |