Ross township, Osborne County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (60% naturalized citizens)
Ross township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
62% of Ross township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 885
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 139
- South: 54
- West: 56
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $25,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
44 people in nursing homes
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 504
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 3
- 20 to 49: 5
- Mobile homes: 51
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,900
Housing units in Ross township with a mortgage: 140 (5 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 208
- Construction (16%)
- Food (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Food (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Ross township:
- German (36.9%)
- United States or American (26.3%)
- English (9.6%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- Dutch (7.2%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (60%)
- United Kingdom (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 454 (86%)
- Carpooled: 39 (7%)
- Walked: 20 (4%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 13 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
44 people in nursing homes
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.3% of residents of Ross township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,115- In family households: 858 (258 male householders, 49 female householders)
229 spouses, 278 children (252 natural, 7 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 257 (103 male householders (85 living alone)), 124 female householders (113 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 51 (45 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 173 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 18 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 198 1-person, 29 2-persons,
194 married couples with children.
58 single-parent households (11 men, 47 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 2.9% |
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% |