Falls township, Chase County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Falls township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
52% of Falls township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 895
- Northeast: 52
- Midwest: 114
- South: 63
- West: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
70 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
43 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 426
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 13
- 20 to 49: 4
- Mobile homes: 64
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,500
Housing units in Falls township with a mortgage: 118 (4 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Food (11%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Health care (15%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Falls township:
- German (27.0%)
- United States or American (23.1%)
- English (11.9%)
- Irish (5.6%)
- Norwegian (3.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.0%)
- Czech (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (67%)
- Mexico (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 430 (81%)
- Carpooled: 39 (7%)
- Walked: 22 (4%)
- Worked at home: 39 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (2%)
70 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
43 people in nursing homes
98.0% of residents of Falls township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 35% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,071- In family households: 888 (206 male householders, 95 female householders)
221 spouses, 321 children (305 natural, 9 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 183 (77 male householders (64 living alone)), 88 female householders (86 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 113 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 154 2-persons, 48 3-persons, 55 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 150 1-person, 13 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
189 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (7 men, 52 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 4.5% |
| 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: 3
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |