Plum township, Phillips County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Plum township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
61% of Plum township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% 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: 291
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 73
- South: 27
- West: 25
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 194
- Two: 7
- 10 to 19: 8
- Mobile homes: 20
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Plum township with a mortgage: 41 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 55
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Petroleum and coal products (24%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Construction (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Plum township:
- German (52.0%)
- English (8.5%)
- United States or American (7.6%)
- Danish (5.4%)
- French (except Basque) (4.0%)
- Irish (3.1%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 141 (69%)
- Carpooled: 42 (21%)
- Bicycle: 4 (2%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 11 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.9% of residents of Plum township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 423- In family households: 353 (100 male householders, 24 female householders)
110 spouses, 116 children (97 natural, 13 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 70 (37 male householders (33 living alone)), 28 female householders (28 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 65 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 61 1-person, 2 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
108 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (4 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| 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% |