Sedgwick township, Harvey County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sedgwick township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
61% of Sedgwick township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1341
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 129
- South: 128
- West: 73
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
62 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 585
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 44
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Sedgwick township with a mortgage: 279 (39 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 118
- Construction (17%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sedgwick township:
- German (29.0%)
- United States or American (13.6%)
- English (12.8%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- Dutch (3.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (56%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Canada (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 668 (80%)
- Carpooled: 55 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 26 (3%)
- Worked at home: 79 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (4%)
62 people in nursing homes
96.0% of residents of Sedgwick township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,647- In family households: 1,500 (410 male householders, 84 female householders)
427 spouses, 530 children (463 natural, 16 adopted, 51 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 4 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 147 (61 male householders (52 living alone)), 61 female householders (58 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 62 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 241 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person, 6 2-persons, 6 4-persons,
372 married couples with children.
75 single-parent households (28 men, 47 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 12.3% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 18.4% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |