Franklin township, Franklin County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (92% naturalized citizens)
| Franklin township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
55% of Franklin township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1846
- Northeast: 35
- Midwest: 505
- South: 123
- West: 79
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $82,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
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
45 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 804
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 22
- 10 to 19: 4
- 20 to 49: 43
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 127
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,800
Housing units in Franklin township with a mortgage: 434 (47 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 142
- Construction (23%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Franklin township:
- German (24.4%)
- United States or American (23.4%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- English (5.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.5%)
- European (3.9%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (35%)
- Germany (31%)
- Bangladesh (15%)
- Netherlands (8%)
- Colombia (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,123 (83%)
- Carpooled: 162 (12%)
- Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 21 (2%)
- Worked at home: 51 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (1%)
45 people in nursing homes
97.5% of residents of Franklin township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,589- In family households: 2,337 (629 male householders, 129 female householders)
636 spouses, 837 children (731 natural, 17 adopted, 89 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 19 other relatives, 56 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 252 (112 male householders (105 living alone)), 127 female householders (121 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 46 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 290 2-persons, 189 3-persons, 178 4-persons, 83 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 226 1-person, 11 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
519 married couples with children.
158 single-parent households (53 men, 105 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 6.1% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 19.4% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |