Lost Springs township, Marion County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Lost Springs township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
64% of Lost Springs township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 134
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 24
- South: 36
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 89
- Mobile homes: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Lost Springs township with a mortgage: 17 (0 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 18
- Rail transportation (24%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Chemicals (11%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Finance and insurance (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (17%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (15%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
- Extraction workers (7%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (22%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (20%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lost Springs township:
- German (42.6%)
- Czech (8.8%)
- United States or American (8.8%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- Swedish (5.1%)
- English (4.4%)
- Czechoslovakian (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (50%)
- Mexico (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 74 (85%)
- Carpooled: 1 (1%)
- Worked at home: 12 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (40%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (2%)
92.2% of residents of Lost Springs township speak English at home.
5.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (20% speak English very well, 80% speak English well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 207- In family households: 180 (47 male householders, 10 female householders)
55 spouses, 61 children (34 natural, 9 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 27 (11 male householders (11 living alone)), 16 female householders (16 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 25 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 27 1-person,
47 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (1 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 16.7% |
| 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% |