Erie township, Neosho County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (27% naturalized citizens)
| Erie township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
62% of Erie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1161
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 115
- South: 136
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $35,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
34 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
21 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 565
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 20
- 10 to 19: 7
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 52
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,200
Housing units in Erie township with a mortgage: 168 (0 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 192
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Erie township:
- German (32.6%)
- United States or American (18.1%)
- English (12.1%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- European (2.6%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (40%)
- Germany (27%)
- Spain (20%)
- Korea (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 584 (84%)
- Carpooled: 62 (9%)
- Bicycle: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 35 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (88%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (3%)
- Electricity (1%)
34 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
21 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.6% of residents of Erie township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,432- In family households: 1,194 (351 male householders, 51 female householders)
344 spouses, 414 children (363 natural, 12 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 1 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 238 (74 male householders (57 living alone)), 135 female householders (127 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 59 (27 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 183 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 67 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 184 1-person, 20 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
284 married couples with children.
76 single-parent households (17 men, 59 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% |