Jefferson township, Jefferson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Jefferson township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
71% of Jefferson 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, 82% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 978
- Northeast: 27
- Midwest: 181
- South: 71
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
42 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 386
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 1
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 51
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,300
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 116 (14 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Health care (18%)
- Public administration (12%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (44.7%)
- United States or American (13.1%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- English (6.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
- Italian (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 402 (73%)
- Carpooled: 82 (15%)
- Walked: 9 (2%)
- Other means: 15 (3%)
- Worked at home: 42 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (47%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (5%)
42 people in nursing homes
97.1% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,247- In family households: 1,162 (292 male householders, 70 female householders)
317 spouses, 429 children (405 natural, 6 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 3 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 85 (35 male householders (33 living alone)), 48 female householders (48 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 35 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 167 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 2 2-persons,
256 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (21 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 21
Here: | 11.7% |
Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 4.2% |
Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 28.6% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |