Independent township, Barton County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (40% naturalized citizens)
| Independent township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
67% of Independent township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 771
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 28
- South: 21
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 347
- One, attached: 2
- 10 to 19: 12
- Mobile homes: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Independent township with a mortgage: 109 (9 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 138
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Construction (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (18%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Extraction workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Independent township:
- German (43.5%)
- United States or American (32.1%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.2%)
- Austrian (2.0%)
- Czech (2.0%)
- English (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (40%)
- Philippines (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 284 (80%)
- Carpooled: 23 (6%)
- Subway or elevated: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 26 (7%)
- Other means: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 18 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (2%)
2 people in religious group quarters
97.8% of residents of Independent township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 67% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 856- In family households: 772 (203 male householders, 26 female householders)
225 spouses, 313 children (297 natural, 2 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 84 (24 male householders (22 living alone)), 58 female householders (58 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 96 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 80 1-person, 2 2-persons,
218 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): 3
| Here: | 2.1% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 10.5% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |