Macon township, Harvey County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Macon township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
63% of Macon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 780
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 131
- South: 69
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 300
- One, attached: 9
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 60
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,700
Housing units in Macon township with a mortgage: 169 (20 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 70
- Construction (15%)
- Wood products (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (6%)
- Health care (37%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Top executives (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (8%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (6%)
- Painters and paperhangers (6%)
- Other construction workers and helpers (6%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (17%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Macon township:
- German (37.6%)
- United States or American (15.3%)
- Italian (6.0%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- French (except Basque) (5.5%)
- English (4.8%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Asia, n.e.c. (67%)
- Germany (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 447 (93%)
- Carpooled: 9 (2%)
- Worked at home: 25 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (25%)
- Utility gas (20%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- Solar energy (1%)
94.0% of residents of Macon township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,025- In family households: 967 (275 male householders, 40 female householders)
294 spouses, 319 children (290 natural, 7 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 8 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 58 (29 male householders (29 living alone)), 18 female householders (7 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 125 2-persons, 72 3-persons, 67 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 10 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 36 1-person, 11 2-persons,
245 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (2 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
| Here: | 16.1% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |