Palmyra township, Douglas County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (42% naturalized citizens)
| Palmyra township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
51% of Palmyra township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3564
- Northeast: 119
- Midwest: 1218
- South: 432
- West: 379
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $87,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
542 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
66 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,678
- One, attached: 60
- Two: 60
- 3 or 4: 26
- 5 to 9: 41
- 10 to 19: 27
- 20 to 49: 42
- Mobile homes: 139
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,000
Housing units in Palmyra township with a mortgage: 679 (73 second mortgage, 65 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 250
- Educational services (16%)
- Construction (15%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (30%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Palmyra township:
- German (26.8%)
- English (16.3%)
- United States or American (13.5%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- Scottish (4.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (34%)
- India (13%)
- France (10%)
- Austria (8%)
- Venezuela (8%)
- Korea (6%)
- Sweden (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,193 (74%)
- Carpooled: 337 (11%)
- Walked: 255 (9%)
- Other means: 13 (0%)
- Worked at home: 157 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (55%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
542 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
66 people in nursing homes
96.3% of residents of Palmyra township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,206- In family households: 4,652 (1,234 male householders, 256 female householders)
1,270 spouses, 1,725 children (1,535 natural, 113 adopted, 77 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 13 parents, 41 other relatives, 56 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 554 (179 male householders (130 living alone)), 283 female householders (270 living alone)), 92 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 609 (59 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 661 2-persons, 274 3-persons, 346 4-persons, 151 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 400 1-person, 53 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
1,215 married couples with children.
234 single-parent households (61 men, 173 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 50
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 3.2% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 582
| Here: | 80.7% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |