Sharon township, Barber County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sharon township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
87% of Sharon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 318
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 16
- South: 47
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 139
- One, attached: 3
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,900
Housing units in Sharon township with a mortgage: 33 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 55
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (28%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (20%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (16%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (26%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (17%)
- Extraction workers (13%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (13%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (22%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sharon township:
- German (57.7%)
- United States or American (13.1%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- English (6.4%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
- Swedish (1.3%)
- Scottish (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 151 (84%)
- Carpooled: 14 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 13 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Wood (4%)
- Electricity (2%)
97.1% of residents of Sharon township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 392- In family households: 330 (92 male householders, 12 female householders)
93 spouses, 125 children (123 natural, 0 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 62 (16 male householders (14 living alone)), 42 female householders (40 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 55 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 54 1-person, 4 2-persons,
77 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (1 men, 6 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% |