Norton township, Jefferson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Norton township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
63% of Norton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 797
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 48
- South: 52
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $35,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
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
46 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 341
- Two: 9
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,400
Housing units in Norton township with a mortgage: 84 (5 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 108
- Construction (18%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (25%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Child care workers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Norton township:
- German (57.9%)
- United States or American (12.1%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- English (4.1%)
- French (except Basque) (3.9%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
- Norwegian (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (83%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 336 (75%)
- Carpooled: 61 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 25 (6%)
- Worked at home: 25 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
46 people in nursing homes
97.1% of residents of Norton township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 885- In family households: 795 (219 male householders, 46 female householders)
215 spouses, 286 children (270 natural, 4 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 90 (33 male householders (30 living alone)), 52 female householders (49 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 52 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 112 2-persons, 65 3-persons, 53 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 79 1-person, 6 2-persons,
218 married couples with children.
42 single-parent households (16 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 7.5% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |