Rocewood township, Rawlins County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Rocewood township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
77% of Rocewood 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, 37% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 262
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 95
- South: 16
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $10,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.5%
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: 219
- Two: 1
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Rocewood township with a mortgage: 34 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 64
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (70%)
- Construction (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Warehousing and storage (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (2%)
- Food (2%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (46%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (24%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (3%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)
- Accountants and auditors (2%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Therapists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rocewood township:
- German (36.2%)
- Czech (16.0%)
- United States or American (12.5%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- English (7.3%)
- Czechoslovakian (3.1%)
- Hungarian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (50%)
- El Salvador (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 105 (58%)
- Carpooled: 25 (14%)
- Walked: 16 (9%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
94.2% of residents of Rocewood township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
5.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 422- In family households: 368 (137 male householders, 6 female householders)
127 spouses, 87 children (83 natural, 4 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 3 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 54 (15 male householders (11 living alone)), 34 female householders (32 living alone)), 5 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 90 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 43 1-person, 6 2-persons,
88 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (4 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 11.9% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 13.6% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 50.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |