Rossville township, Shawnee County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (22% naturalized citizens)
| Rossville township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
61% of Rossville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1187
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 176
- South: 92
- West: 102
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
50 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 534
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 32
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 9
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 35
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,400
Housing units in Rossville township with a mortgage: 159 (13 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 167
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Plastics and rubber products (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Rossville township:
- German (26.8%)
- United States or American (14.9%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- English (6.5%)
- Polish (4.9%)
- Norwegian (4.0%)
- Czech (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Japan (56%)
- Germany (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 622 (77%)
- Carpooled: 109 (14%)
- Railroad: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 27 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 38 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (3%)
50 people in nursing homes
96.7% of residents of Rossville township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 36% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,535- In family households: 1,386 (404 male householders, 61 female householders)
407 spouses, 471 children (427 natural, 4 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 149 (49 male householders (43 living alone)), 88 female householders (82 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 50 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 219 2-persons, 105 3-persons, 97 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 125 1-person, 12 2-persons,
403 married couples with children.
82 single-parent households (22 men, 60 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 5.6% |
| 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: 18
| Here: | 40.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |