Rock Creek township, Butler County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 36.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 299 (all rural)
| Males: 158 |  (52.8%) |
| Females: 141 |  (47.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 299 (253 owner occupied, 46 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Rock Creek township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.3%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Two or more races: 0.7%
Median age of males: 38.9
Median age of females: 38.6
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Average household size: 2.69
| Rock Creek township: | 2.7 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.11
| Rock Creek township: | $55,647 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $528 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $125,600 (it was $83,200 in 2000)
| : | $125,600 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 8 people per square mile | (low). |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Pine Grove (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Muqbra Muslim Cemetery (1), McCabe Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Swisher Branch (A), Chigger Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
87% of Rock Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% lived in this county.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 347
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 45
- South: 57
- West: 30
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 92
- One, attached: 5
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,900
Housing units in Rock Creek township with a mortgage: 8 (0 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2
- Transportation equipment (47%)
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Transportation equipment (23%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (16%)
- Other direct selling establishments (10%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (9%)
- Utilities (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (16%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Electricians (8%)
- Postsecondary teachers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (21%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Bus drivers (10%)
- Waiters and waitresses (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Child care workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rock Creek township:
- German (22.0%)
- United States or American (20.2%)
- Polish (11.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (10.1%)
- English (9.5%)
- French (except Basque) (7.5%)
- Danish (3.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 195 (76%)
- Carpooled: 28 (11%)
- Worked at home: 34 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (79%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (7%)
- Utility gas (2%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 479- In family households: 461 (115 male householders, 12 female householders)
113 spouses, 191 children (169 natural, 11 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 18 (10 male householders (6 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 27 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 6 1-person, 4 2-persons,
78 married couples with children.
5 single-parent households (3 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 9.6% |
| 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% |