Morton township, Sedgwick County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Morton township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
59% of Morton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1873
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 164
- South: 212
- West: 148
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $51,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
55 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 647
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 19
- 10 to 19: 17
- Mobile homes: 141
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,000
Housing units in Morton township with a mortgage: 319 (42 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 162
- Transportation equipment (25%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (14%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (3%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Morton township:
- German (45.7%)
- United States or American (12.8%)
- English (10.0%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
- Norwegian (2.3%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (50%)
- Guatemala (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,008 (85%)
- Carpooled: 105 (9%)
- Walked: 25 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 38 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (1%)
55 people in nursing homes
97.5% of residents of Morton township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,389- In family households: 2,169 (568 male householders, 78 female householders)
576 spouses, 906 children (788 natural, 18 adopted, 100 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 3 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 220 (91 male householders (80 living alone)), 112 female householders (112 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 55 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 237 2-persons, 109 3-persons, 160 4-persons, 92 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 192 1-person, 8 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
617 married couples with children.
125 single-parent households (47 men, 78 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 5.0% |
| 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: 10
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |