Salem township, Allen County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 47.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 277 (all rural)
Males: 131 | (47.3%) |
Females: 146 | (52.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 277 (226 owner occupied, 51 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 18% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Salem township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 44.3
Median age of females: 44.0
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Average household size: 2.54
Salem township: | 2.5 people |
Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.96
Salem township: | $40,270 |
Kansas: | $50,972 |
Here: | $380 |
State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $63,941 (it was $43,400 in 2000)
: | $63,941 |
Kansas: | $129,700 |
Population density: 6 people per square mile | (very low). |
This township: | 5.6% |
Whole state: | 9.9% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Salem township: Jeddo Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Maple Grove Cemetery (1), Salem Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
79% of Salem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 197
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 18
- South: 32
- West: 1
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 84
- Mobile homes: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,700
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 13 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- German (24.9%)
- United States or American (15.5%)
- Dutch (7.3%)
- Austrian (6.2%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- Italian (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 120 (81%)
- Carpooled: 4 (3%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (5%)
- Worked at home: 15 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%)
- Wood (23%)
- Electricity (15%)
98.2% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 251- In family households: 202 (63 male householders, 6 female householders)
69 spouses, 55 children (47 natural, 3 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 49 (27 male householders (22 living alone)), 18 female householders (18 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 37 2-persons, 30 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 40 1-person, 5 2-persons,
58 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |