Highland township, Clay County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Highland township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
54% of Highland 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, 61% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 162
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 32
- South: 12
- West: 37
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 126
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,300
Housing units in Highland township with a mortgage: 19 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (33%)
- Food (11%)
- Truck transportation (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Health care (32%)
- Social assistance (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (31%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (17%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Fire fighting and prevention workers including supervisors (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (24%)
- Financial managers (12%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (12%)
- Accountants and auditors (8%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Highland township:
- German (36.7%)
- United States or American (13.3%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- English (5.6%)
- Welsh (5.0%)
- Danish (3.3%)
- Dutch (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (71%)
- Mexico (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 99 (73%)
- Carpooled: 8 (6%)
- Walked: 11 (8%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 15 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (71%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Wood (10%)
- Utility gas (2%)
93.5% of residents of Highland township speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 36% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 261- In family households: 247 (83 male householders, 8 female householders)
78 spouses, 70 children (64 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 14 (5 male householders (5 living alone)), 9 female householders (9 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 56 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 9 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 14 1-person,
53 married couples with children.
25 single-parent households (5 men, 20 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% |