Reading township, Lyon County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Reading township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
62% of Reading township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 471
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 34
- South: 37
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 193
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 35
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Reading township with a mortgage: 49 (2 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 29
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Food (14%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Health care (31%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Food (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Entertainers and performers, sports, and related workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Reading township:
- German (50.0%)
- United States or American (11.5%)
- Scottish (8.7%)
- English (6.5%)
- Irish (5.3%)
- Welsh (5.3%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (55%)
- United Kingdom (45%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 218 (75%)
- Carpooled: 36 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (2%)
- Walked: 9 (3%)
- Worked at home: 19 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Utility gas (39%)
- Wood (11%)
98.9% of residents of Reading township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 598- In family households: 532 (140 male householders, 17 female householders)
137 spouses, 211 children (163 natural, 10 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 1 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 66 (39 male householders (28 living alone)), 19 female householders (19 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 46 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 47 1-person, 11 2-persons,
141 married couples with children.
28 single-parent households (12 men, 16 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: 7
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |