Mound township, McPherson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (47% naturalized citizens)
| Mound township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
56% of Mound township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1477
- Northeast: 35
- Midwest: 193
- South: 232
- West: 137
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $47,500
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
158 people in nursing homes
7 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 705
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 48
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 18
- 10 to 19: 4
- Mobile homes: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,400
Housing units in Mound township with a mortgage: 229 (19 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 261
- Machinery (20%)
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (31%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Top executives (3%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (12%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mound township:
- German (45.4%)
- United States or American (14.3%)
- Swiss (7.7%)
- Irish (4.8%)
- Dutch (4.4%)
- English (2.8%)
- Russian (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (47%)
- Germany (32%)
- Laos (11%)
- Peru (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 813 (81%)
- Carpooled: 72 (7%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 49 (5%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 55 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (2%)
158 people in nursing homes
7 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
91.2% of residents of Mound township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
8.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,936- In family households: 1,648 (520 male householders, 50 female householders)
514 spouses, 525 children (473 natural, 25 adopted, 27 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 288 (98 male householders (87 living alone)), 159 female householders (144 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 168 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 276 2-persons, 139 3-persons, 98 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 231 1-person, 19 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
409 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (6 men, 49 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): 8
| Here: | 7.3% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 31.3% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |