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Garfield township, Finney County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 4 (0% naturalized citizens)

Garfield township:

3.6%
Whole state:

5.0%

71% of Garfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Kansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 243
  • Northeast: 0
  • Midwest: 33
  • South: 23
  • West: 0

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Garfield township, KS map Garfield township, Kansas satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000


Housing units in Garfield township with a mortgage: 17 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 0
  • 1995 to 1998: 15
  • 1990 to 1994: 0
  • 1980 to 1989: 6
  • 1970 to 1979: 13
  • 1960 to 1969: 16
  • 1950 to 1959: 5
  • 1940 to 1949: 4
  • 1939 or earlier: 73

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Garfield township, Kansas:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 0
  • 5 rooms: 32
  • 6 rooms: 14
  • 7 rooms: 8
  • 8 rooms: 5
  • 9 or more rooms: 30

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Garfield township, Kansas:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 0
  • 4 rooms: 0
  • 5 rooms: 0
  • 6 rooms: 16
  • 7 rooms: 5
  • 8 rooms: 6
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Garfield township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 0
  • 3 bedrooms: 55
  • 4 bedrooms: 25
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 9

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Garfield township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 6
  • 3 bedrooms: 16
  • 4 bedrooms: 5
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Garfield township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 26
  • 2 vehicles: 22
  • 3 vehicles: 26
  • 4 vehicles: 15
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Garfield township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 10
  • 2 vehicles: 0
  • 3 vehicles: 12
  • 4 vehicles: 5
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (74%)
  • Repair and maintenance (9%)
  • Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (7%)
  • Construction (5%)
  • Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Educational services (25%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (9%)
  • Social assistance (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (9%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Farmers and farm managers (53%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (21%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
  • Other construction workers and helpers (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (26%)
  • Bus drivers (25%)
  • Therapists (9%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (9%)
  • Child care workers (9%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
  • Legal support workers (7%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Garfield township:

  • German (35.1%)
  • United States or American (32.2%)
  • English (11.4%)
  • French (except Basque) (6.9%)
  • Irish (5.0%)
  • Scotch-Irish (4.5%)
  • Welsh (3.0%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Mexico (100%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (84%)
  • Utility gas (11%)
  • Electricity (4%)

94.3% of residents of Garfield township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 311

Size of family households: 40 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 28 1-person,

90 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (0 men, 4 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
Here:

35.8%
Kansas:

11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here:

0.0%
Kansas:

7.9%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Garfield township:

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