Pioneer township, Rice County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 84 (69% naturalized citizens)
Pioneer township: | 84.2% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
58% of Pioneer 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, 50% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7559
- Northeast: 126
- Midwest: 1207
- South: 651
- West: 202
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,795
- One, attached: 35
- Two: 189
- 3 or 4: 110
- 5 to 9: 172
- 10 to 19: 16
- 20 to 49: 66
- 50 or more: 51
- Mobile homes: 373
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,900
Housing units in Pioneer township with a mortgage: 1,275 (119 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,341
- Transportation equipment (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pioneer township:
- German (31.6%)
- United States or American (28.7%)
- English (10.6%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (33%)
- Colombia (15%)
- Thailand (8%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- India (7%)
- Ireland (6%)
- Japan (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,636 (85%)
- Carpooled: 374 (9%)
- Taxi: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 90 (2%)
- Other means: 27 (1%)
- Worked at home: 127 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
97.6% of residents of Pioneer township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,734- In family households: 7,868 (2,152 male householders, 531 female householders)
2,046 spouses, 2,739 children (2,564 natural, 44 adopted, 131 stepchildren), 82 grandchildren, 48 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 23 other relatives, 216 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,866 (610 male householders (450 living alone)), 960 female householders (908 living alone)), 296 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 138 (118 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,355 2-persons, 581 3-persons, 462 4-persons, 193 5-persons, 61 6-persons, 31 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,358 1-person, 173 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 2 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
27 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (1 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 126
Here: | 12.5% |
Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 14
Here: | 2.5% |
Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
Here: | 5.8% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |