Salem township, Sedgwick County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (84% naturalized citizens)
Salem township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
60% of Salem township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5467
- Northeast: 213
- Midwest: 980
- South: 1254
- West: 408
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $68,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
21 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,686
- One, attached: 21
- Two: 16
- Mobile homes: 431
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,500
Housing units in Salem township with a mortgage: 1,534 (260 second mortgage, 77 home equity loan, 19 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 630
- Transportation equipment (30%)
- Construction (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Salem township:
- German (24.7%)
- United States or American (17.9%)
- English (11.0%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- Dutch (3.9%)
- French (except Basque) (3.7%)
- Italian (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (29%)
- Germany (27%)
- Mexico (13%)
- Laos (10%)
- Cambodia (8%)
- Vietnam (8%)
- Thailand (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,649 (87%)
- Carpooled: 430 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 24 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (0%)
- Worked at home: 81 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (1%)
21 people in nursing homes
97.8% of residents of Salem township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,430- In family households: 7,705 (1,951 male householders, 421 female householders)
1,998 spouses, 2,815 children (2,548 natural, 57 adopted, 210 stepchildren), 230 grandchildren, 33 brothers or sisters, 28 parents, 76 other relatives, 153 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 725 (347 male householders (291 living alone)), 252 female householders (211 living alone)), 126 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 21 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 927 2-persons, 535 3-persons, 492 4-persons, 262 5-persons, 115 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 502 1-person, 84 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
1,777 married couples with children.
441 single-parent households (133 men, 308 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 118
Here: | 10.1% |
Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24
Here: | 4.5% |
Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 62
Here: | 19.7% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |