Ford township, Ford County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Ford township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
75% of Ford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 184
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 18
- South: 0
- West: 2
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 216
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 28
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Ford township with a mortgage: 21 (5 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (33%)
- Machinery (16%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Health care (30%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (25%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (18%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Customer service representatives (18%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ford township:
- Norwegian (61.4%)
- German (15.2%)
- Irish (3.8%)
- Scandinavian (3.3%)
- Swedish (3.3%)
- Danish (2.2%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Sweden (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 74 (84%)
- Carpooled: 9 (10%)
- Walked: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 3 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (70%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (11%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Utility gas (2%)
88.7% of residents of Ford township speak English at home.
11.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 211- In family households: 178 (60 male householders, 4 female householders)
62 spouses, 52 children (52 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 33 (18 male householders (18 living alone)), 11 female householders (9 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 44 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 7 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 27 1-person, 2 3-persons,
114 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (7 men, 8 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% |