Mill Creek township, Bourbon County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 52.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 472 (all rural)
| Males: 234 |  (49.6%) |
| Females: 238 |  (50.4%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 472 (419 owner occupied, 53 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 11% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Mill Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.0%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
Median age of males: 39.9
Median age of females: 41.0
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Average household size: 2.61
| Mill Creek township: | 2.6 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.99
| Mill Creek township: | $39,313 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $396 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $79,194 (it was $49,400 in 2000)
| : | $79,194 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 9 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 19.1% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Mill Creek township: KOMB - FM (Fort Scott) (A), Devon Community Center (B), Bourbon County Fire District 3 Station 5 (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Mill Creek township: Centerville Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Centerville Cemetery (1), West Plains Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Little Mill Creek (A), Honey Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
72% of Mill Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 437
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 80
- South: 20
- West: 43
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 175
- Mobile homes: 38
Median worth of mobile homes: $54,200
Housing units in Mill Creek township with a mortgage: 36 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 29
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (15%)
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Construction (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Plastics and rubber products (4%)
- Warehousing and storage (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Social assistance (17%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (18%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (15%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (15%)
- Child care workers (10%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Business operations specialists (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mill Creek township:
- United States or American (35.8%)
- German (21.3%)
- English (17.3%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.1%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
- Canadian (0.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 210 (67%)
- Carpooled: 66 (21%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (2%)
- Other means: 9 (3%)
- Worked at home: 24 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (71%)
- Wood (16%)
- Utility gas (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Electricity (4%)
99.2% of residents of Mill Creek township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 585- In family households: 539 (170 male householders, 0 female householders)
162 spouses, 188 children (184 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 46 (16 male householders (16 living alone)), 15 female householders (7 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 74 2-persons, 51 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 23 1-person, 8 3-persons,
86 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (8 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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% |