Protection township, Comanche County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (38% naturalized citizens)
| Protection township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
67% of Protection township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 505
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 37
- South: 160
- West: 41
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
40 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 338
- One, attached: 8
- 3 or 4: 2
- 10 to 19: 8
- Mobile homes: 28
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,700
Housing units in Protection township with a mortgage: 48 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 145
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (39%)
- Construction (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Health care (36%)
- Educational services (23%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (2%)
- Farmers and farm managers (34%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
- Secondary school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Protection township:
- German (31.2%)
- United States or American (15.8%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- English (12.9%)
- Russian (3.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.9%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (62%)
- Philippines (23%)
- France (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 313 (83%)
- Carpooled: 21 (6%)
- Bicycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 20 (5%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 20 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (73%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
40 people in nursing homes
96.2% of residents of Protection township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 27% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 732- In family households: 621 (189 male householders, 24 female householders)
192 spouses, 161 children (148 natural, 0 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 2 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 111 (55 male householders (55 living alone)), 54 female householders (51 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 39 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 118 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 106 1-person, 3 2-persons,
121 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (10 men, 12 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |