Shannon township, Atchison County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
Shannon township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
66% of Shannon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% 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: 1295
- Northeast: 10
- Midwest: 340
- South: 89
- West: 101
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $66,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
36 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 537
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 6
- 5 to 9: 7
- 10 to 19: 39
- Mobile homes: 74
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Shannon township with a mortgage: 201 (15 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 155
- Construction (24%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Air transportation (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Therapists (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shannon township:
- German (42.8%)
- United States or American (19.9%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- English (8.1%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
- European (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 738 (82%)
- Carpooled: 115 (13%)
- Walked: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 15 (2%)
- Worked at home: 31 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
36 people in other nonhousehold living situations
98.6% of residents of Shannon township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 21% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,805- In family households: 1,633 (405 male householders, 98 female householders)
457 spouses, 610 children (548 natural, 11 adopted, 51 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 13 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 172 (70 male householders (35 living alone)), 58 female householders (58 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 43 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 208 2-persons, 97 3-persons, 113 4-persons, 60 5-persons, 25 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 93 1-person, 27 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
380 married couples with children.
76 single-parent households (8 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 60
Here: | 25.9% |
Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
Here: | 12.6% |
Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
Here: | 48.5% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |