Howard township, Elk County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Howard township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
67% of Howard township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 724
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 110
- South: 114
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
44 people in nursing homes
7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 455
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 45
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 53
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,200
Housing units in Howard township with a mortgage: 79 (9 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 165
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (12%)
- U. S. Postal service (11%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (16%)
- Personal and laundry services (11%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (14%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Religious workers (3%)
- Personal appearance workers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Howard township:
- German (27.9%)
- English (13.5%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- United States or American (7.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.9%)
- Italian (4.4%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 356 (80%)
- Carpooled: 43 (10%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 19 (4%)
- Worked at home: 24 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Wood (10%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
44 people in nursing homes
7 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
95.3% of residents of Howard township speak English at home.
4.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 981- In family households: 822 (248 male householders, 44 female householders)
247 spouses, 256 children (203 natural, 18 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 3 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 159 (67 male householders (66 living alone)), 89 female householders (87 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 53 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 171 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 153 1-person, 3 2-persons,
168 married couples with children.
45 single-parent households (19 men, 26 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: 5
Here: | 23.8% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |