Oak township, Smith County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Oak township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
59% of Oak township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 23% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 215
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 45
- South: 12
- West: 82
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 241
- One, attached: 2
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Oak township with a mortgage: 13 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 94
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (23%)
- Construction (19%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (16%)
- Food and beverage stores (12%)
- Warehousing and storage (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (18%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (15%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oak township:
- German (21.7%)
- United States or American (19.7%)
- English (17.6%)
- Dutch (12.7%)
- Irish (6.1%)
- French (except Basque) (5.7%)
- Scottish (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 115 (74%)
- Carpooled: 24 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (3%)
- Walked: 8 (5%)
- Worked at home: 3 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (2%)
96.7% of residents of Oak township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 358- In family households: 281 (83 male householders, 13 female householders)
92 spouses, 85 children (69 natural, 0 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 77 (35 male householders (35 living alone)), 33 female householders (20 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 67 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 55 1-person, 13 2-persons,
72 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (2 men, 5 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: 4
| Here: | 44.4% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |