Pioneer township, Rush County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 41.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 426 (all rural)
| Males: 208 |  (48.8%) |
| Females: 218 |  (51.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 426 (356 owner occupied, 70 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Pioneer township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.7%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 42.4
Median age of females: 41.0
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Average household size: 2.30
| Pioneer township: | 2.3 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.85
| Pioneer township: | $42,311 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $322 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $57,880 (it was $33,100 in 2000)
| : | $57,880 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 10 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 10.6% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 4.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: Otis.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Pioneer township: Otis Wastewater Treatment Facility (A), Mid - State Farmers Co - Operative Grain Elevator Number 5 (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Seventh Day Adventist Cemetery (1), Lutheran Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Sand Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
67% of Pioneer township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 392
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 11
- South: 8
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 205
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $10,000
Housing units in Pioneer township with a mortgage: 50 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 73
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Chemicals (13%)
- Health care (9%)
- Construction (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (15%)
- Social assistance (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Child care workers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pioneer township:
- German (62.3%)
- United States or American (18.1%)
- English (3.9%)
- Italian (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- Irish (2.1%)
- Czech (1.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 146 (66%)
- Carpooled: 31 (14%)
- Ferryboat: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 21 (10%)
- Worked at home: 20 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (1%)
96.5% of residents of Pioneer township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 453- In family households: 385 (103 male householders, 21 female householders)
102 spouses, 146 children (138 natural, 0 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 68 (33 male householders (29 living alone)), 29 female householders (29 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 49 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 26 4-persons, 12 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 58 1-person, 4 2-persons,
73 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (9 men, 13 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 4.8% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 6.8% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |