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Park township, Sedgwick County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)

Park township:

0.6%
Whole state:

5.0%

65% of Park township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Kansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 3000
  • Northeast: 62
  • Midwest: 384
  • South: 514
  • West: 206

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%

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
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Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $32,900


Housing units in Park township with a mortgage: 693 (90 second mortgage, 65 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 202

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 83
  • 1995 to 1998: 169
  • 1990 to 1994: 146
  • 1980 to 1989: 303
  • 1970 to 1979: 301
  • 1960 to 1969: 142
  • 1950 to 1959: 194
  • 1940 to 1949: 49
  • 1939 or earlier: 142

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Park township, Kansas:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 4
  • 3 rooms: 50
  • 4 rooms: 127
  • 5 rooms: 288
  • 6 rooms: 210
  • 7 rooms: 202
  • 8 rooms: 179
  • 9 or more rooms: 201

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Park township, Kansas:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 12
  • 4 rooms: 57
  • 5 rooms: 58
  • 6 rooms: 40
  • 7 rooms: 22
  • 8 rooms: 2
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Park township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 40
  • 2 bedrooms: 271
  • 3 bedrooms: 612
  • 4 bedrooms: 206
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 132

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Park township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 8
  • 2 bedrooms: 101
  • 3 bedrooms: 82
  • 4 bedrooms: 0
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Park township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 22
  • 1 vehicle: 198
  • 2 vehicles: 584
  • 3 vehicles: 288
  • 4 vehicles: 113
  • 5 or more vehicles: 56

Cars and other vehicles available in Park township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 11
  • 1 vehicle: 100
  • 2 vehicles: 62
  • 3 vehicles: 18
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Transportation equipment (19%)
  • Construction (13%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Educational services (4%)
  • Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
  • Repair and maintenance (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (16%)
  • Educational services (15%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Transportation equipment (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
  • Registered nurses (4%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (3%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Park township:

  • German (32.6%)
  • United States or American (15.2%)
  • English (14.8%)
  • Irish (7.3%)
  • Dutch (2.6%)
  • Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
  • Italian (1.8%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Vietnam (50%)
  • Guatemala (27%)
  • Greece (8%)
  • Mexico (8%)
  • Costa Rica (8%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (57%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
  • Electricity (14%)
  • Wood (1%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

97.6% of residents of Park township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 4,208

Size of family households: 466 2-persons, 224 3-persons, 275 4-persons, 134 5-persons, 65 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 234 1-person, 33 2-persons,

1,000 married couples with children.
179 single-parent households (57 men, 122 women).


Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 88
Here:

13.2%
Kansas:

11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here:

1.9%
Kansas:

7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 42
Here:

23.3%
Kansas:

13.8%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Park township:

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