Sedan township, Chautauqua County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (31% naturalized citizens)
| Sedan township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
54% of Sedan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 956
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 143
- South: 414
- West: 100
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $26,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
78 people in nursing homes
6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 734
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 13
- 20 to 49: 6
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 68
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $39,200
Housing units in Sedan township with a mortgage: 167 (2 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 251
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (16%)
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Religious workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Extraction workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sedan township:
- German (20.3%)
- English (18.4%)
- United States or American (17.9%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- French (except Basque) (5.9%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (38%)
- India (19%)
- Cuba (19%)
- Colombia (13%)
- Canada (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 490 (74%)
- Carpooled: 91 (14%)
- Walked: 48 (7%)
- Other means: 12 (2%)
- Worked at home: 23 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (2%)
78 people in nursing homes
6 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
96.8% of residents of Sedan township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,586- In family households: 1,333 (374 male householders, 76 female householders)
393 spouses, 407 children (345 natural, 24 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 15 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 253 (89 male householders (81 living alone)), 149 female householders (143 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 86 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 256 2-persons, 74 3-persons, 56 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 224 1-person, 12 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
248 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (15 men, 74 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1
| Here: | 0.6% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |