Ottumwa township, Coffey County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Ottumwa township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
76% of Ottumwa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 471
- Northeast: 52
- Midwest: 77
- South: 86
- West: 27
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 261
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $72,100
Housing units in Ottumwa township with a mortgage: 136 (9 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 46
- Utilities (43%)
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Utilities (19%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Engineers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (16%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ottumwa township:
- German (35.1%)
- United States or American (11.6%)
- English (10.8%)
- Irish (8.0%)
- French Canadian (5.7%)
- Scottish (5.4%)
- European (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (46%)
- El Salvador (31%)
- Chile (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 359 (84%)
- Carpooled: 24 (6%)
- Other means: 8 (2%)
- Worked at home: 38 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (43%)
- Utility gas (33%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
95.2% of residents of Ottumwa township speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 733- In family households: 649 (196 male householders, 15 female householders)
212 spouses, 219 children (181 natural, 8 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 84 (42 male householders (40 living alone)), 30 female householders (24 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 108 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 64 1-person, 5 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
190 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (3 men, 19 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: | 30.8% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |