Mertilla township, Meade County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (29% naturalized citizens)
| Mertilla township: | 10.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
67% of Mertilla township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 12% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 179
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 5
- South: 33
- West: 9
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 75
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Mertilla township with a mortgage: 10 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 16
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (73%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Warehousing and storage (3%)
- Private households (24%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Retail florists (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (49%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Life and physical scientists (3%)
- Therapists (3%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (32%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mertilla township:
- German (39.2%)
- Dutch (12.5%)
- English (10.2%)
- European (9.7%)
- Russian (8.0%)
- Scottish (8.0%)
- Italian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (50%)
- Brazil (33%)
- Canada (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 54 (55%)
- Carpooled: 13 (13%)
- Walked: 2 (2%)
- Worked at home: 30 (30%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (2%)
84.5% of residents of Mertilla township speak English at home.
15.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (46% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 255- In family households: 226 (62 male householders, 5 female householders)
59 spouses, 95 children (88 natural, 7 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 29 (16 male householders (16 living alone)), 11 female householders (7 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 29 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 23 1-person, 4 2-persons,
78 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (1 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 26
| Here: | 74.3% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 41.2% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |