Plum Grove township, Butler County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Plum Grove township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
64% of Plum Grove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 487
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 47
- South: 34
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 249
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Plum Grove township with a mortgage: 67 (8 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Construction (12%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Petroleum and coal products (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plum Grove township:
- German (34.8%)
- English (15.0%)
- Irish (12.2%)
- United States or American (8.6%)
- Italian (4.8%)
- Norwegian (4.8%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (50%)
- Mexico (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 241 (76%)
- Carpooled: 49 (15%)
- Walked: 9 (3%)
- Worked at home: 19 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Wood (5%)
97.4% of residents of Plum Grove township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well, 18% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 607- In family households: 502 (148 male householders, 30 female householders)
136 spouses, 146 children (139 natural, 0 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 105 (49 male householders (38 living alone)), 30 female householders (21 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 89 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 46 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 59 1-person, 17 2-persons, 3 5-persons,
124 married couples with children.
31 single-parent households (13 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 20.2% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |