Farmer township, Rice County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 36.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 441 (all rural)
| Males: 207 |  (46.9%) |
| Females: 234 |  (53.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 441 (369 owner occupied, 72 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Farmer township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.7%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
Median age of males: 42.1
Median age of females: 41.3
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Average household size: 2.45
| Farmer township: | 2.5 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.85
| Farmer township: | $45,018 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $381 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $74,951 (it was $44,600 in 2000)
| : | $74,951 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 12 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 6.7% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: Bushton.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Farmer township: Bushton Wastewater Treatment Plant (A), Cain (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Farmer township include: Salem United Methodist Church (A), Holy Name Catholic Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Button Cemetery (1), Salem - Fried of Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Calf Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
77% of Farmer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 331
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 29
- South: 34
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 192
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 2
Housing units in Farmer township with a mortgage: 33 (0 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 89
- Construction (18%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Truck transportation (13%)
- Computer and electronic products (11%)
- Wood products (10%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (32%)
- Health care (23%)
- Machinery (16%)
- Paper (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Private households (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (21%)
- Supervisors of transportation and material moving workers (13%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (10%)
- Postsecondary teachers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (33%)
- Cashiers (14%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (14%)
- Communications equipment operators (12%)
- Health technologists and technicians (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Farmer township:
- German (46.3%)
- United States or American (23.3%)
- English (6.5%)
- Dutch (5.1%)
- Irish (3.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
- Czech (1.9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 107 (61%)
- Carpooled: 33 (19%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Worked at home: 31 (18%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (81%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
97.8% of residents of Farmer township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 420- In family households: 375 (120 male householders, 17 female householders)
111 spouses, 100 children (91 natural, 9 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 9 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 45 (6 male householders (6 living alone)), 39 female householders (39 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 74 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 16 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 45 1-person,
88 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (3 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 11.3% |
| 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% |