Glen Elder township, Mitchell County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 30.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 5.8 sq. mi.
Population: 553 (all rural)
| Males: 281 |  (50.8%) |
| Females: 272 |  (49.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 553 (437 owner occupied, 116 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 21% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Glen Elder township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.6%
- Black: 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
- Some other race: 0.4%
Median age of males: 43.3
Median age of females: 44.7
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Average household size: 2.32
| Glen Elder township: | 2.3 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.78
| Glen Elder township: | $46,340 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $325 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $75,355 (it was $56,300 in 2000)
| : | $75,355 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 18 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 4.2% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: Glen Elder.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Glen Elder township: Glen Elder Sewer Treatment Plant (A), Glen Elder State Park Uskuts Campground (B), Glen Elder State Park Sioux Campground (C), Glen Elder State Park Pawnee Campground (D), Glen Elder State Park Osage Campground (E), Glen Elder State Park Kiowa Campground (F), Glen Elder State Park Kaw Campground (G), Glen Elder State Park Kanza Campground (H), Glen Elder State Park Cheyenne Campground (I), Glen Elder State Park Arikaree Campground (J), Glen Elder State Park Rangers Office (K), Glen Elder State Park Visitors Center (L), Mitchell County Rural Fire District 3 Station C (M). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Grellett Cemetery (1), Glenwood Cemetery (2), Granite Creek Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Waconda Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Hermes Creek (A), Spring Branch (B), Disappointment Creek (C), Frog Creek (D), Granite Creek (E), Limestone Creek (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Glen Elder township include: Glen Elder State Park (1), Glen Elder Wildlife Area (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
72% of Glen Elder township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 315
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 11
- South: 0
- West: 11
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 121
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,100
Housing units in Glen Elder township with a mortgage: 47 (9 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- U. S. Postal service (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Other direct selling establishments (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (22%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Glen Elder township:
- German (56.8%)
- English (13.1%)
- United States or American (8.1%)
- Czech (5.0%)
- Irish (5.0%)
- Swedish (4.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 155 (78%)
- Carpooled: 10 (5%)
- Walked: 11 (6%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 20 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.8% of residents of Glen Elder township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 337- In family households: 307 (93 male householders, 13 female householders)
95 spouses, 95 children (91 natural, 2 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 30 (19 male householders (19 living alone)), 11 female householders (11 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 65 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 30 1-person,
99 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (7 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 17.6% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 100.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |