Mount Pleasant township, Labette County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 36.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 1,351 (all rural)
| Males: 627 |  (46.4%) |
| Females: 724 |  (53.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,329 (1,094 owner occupied, 235 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 18% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Mount Pleasant township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.8%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.8%
Median age of males: 36.6
Median age of females: 37.9
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Average household size: 2.54
| Mount Pleasant township: | 2.5 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.03
| Mount Pleasant township: | $38,614 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $361 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $66,769 (it was $44,300 in 2000)
| : | $66,769 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 37 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 11.0% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: Altamont.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Labette County Fairgrounds (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Wooden Cemetery (1), Altamont Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Idle Hour Lake (A), Altamont Idle Hour Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
57% of Mount Pleasant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1004
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 122
- South: 118
- West: 52
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
22 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 474
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 10
- 20 to 49: 3
- Mobile homes: 37
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,100
Housing units in Mount Pleasant township with a mortgage: 185 (15 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 133
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Health care (18%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Printing workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mount Pleasant township:
- United States or American (31.0%)
- German (23.5%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- English (9.1%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 490 (82%)
- Carpooled: 42 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 1 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 27 (5%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 28 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Wood (4%)
22 people in other group homes
98.9% of residents of Mount Pleasant township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,293- In family households: 1,140 (320 male householders, 48 female householders)
298 spouses, 437 children (389 natural, 5 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 5 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 153 (37 male householders (31 living alone)), 107 female householders (102 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 22 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 172 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 71 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 133 1-person, 11 2-persons,
301 married couples with children.
60 single-parent households (13 men, 47 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 1.4% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
| Here: | 0.9% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |