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Plumb township, Wabaunsee County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (29% naturalized citizens)

Plumb township:

1.1%
Whole state:

5.0%

59% of Plumb township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Kansas.

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

  • This state: 601
  • Northeast: 10
  • Midwest: 11
  • South: 23
  • West: 25

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Plumb township, KS map Plumb township, Kansas satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $41,300


Housing units in Plumb township with a mortgage: 67 (8 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 30

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 0
  • 1995 to 1998: 16
  • 1990 to 1994: 25
  • 1980 to 1989: 27
  • 1970 to 1979: 44
  • 1960 to 1969: 22
  • 1950 to 1959: 15
  • 1940 to 1949: 19
  • 1939 or earlier: 90

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

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 4
  • 4 rooms: 45
  • 5 rooms: 47
  • 6 rooms: 42
  • 7 rooms: 37
  • 8 rooms: 14
  • 9 or more rooms: 18

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

  • 1 room: 3
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 2
  • 4 rooms: 18
  • 5 rooms: 10
  • 6 rooms: 2
  • 7 rooms: 2
  • 8 rooms: 2
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

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

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 77
  • 3 bedrooms: 85
  • 4 bedrooms: 38
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 7

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Plumb township:

  • no bedroom: 3
  • 1 bedroom: 4
  • 2 bedrooms: 17
  • 3 bedrooms: 13
  • 4 bedrooms: 2
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

  • no vehicle: 7
  • 1 vehicle: 46
  • 2 vehicles: 64
  • 3 vehicles: 65
  • 4 vehicles: 25
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

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

  • no vehicle: 3
  • 1 vehicle: 9
  • 2 vehicles: 21
  • 3 vehicles: 6
  • 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 (%):

  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
  • Construction (11%)
  • Food (9%)
  • Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (7%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (22%)
  • Educational services (16%)
  • Finance and insurance (16%)
  • Public administration (11%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (5%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
  • Business operations specialists (7%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Plumb township:

  • German (32.5%)
  • English (16.0%)
  • United States or American (12.9%)
  • Irish (12.2%)
  • Scotch-Irish (8.2%)
  • Scottish (2.9%)
  • Dutch (0.9%)

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

  • Philippines (71%)
  • Mexico (29%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (43%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (37%)
  • Electricity (11%)
  • Wood (9%)
  • Other fuel (1%)

98.0% of residents of Plumb township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 677

Size of family households: 53 2-persons, 46 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 51 1-person, 13 2-persons, 2 3-persons,

148 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (6 men, 17 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: 3
Here:

30.0%
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 Plumb township:

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