Sheridan township, Ottawa County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sheridan township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
69% of Sheridan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 444
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 62
- South: 25
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 252
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 1
- Mobile homes: 19
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Sheridan township with a mortgage: 83 (5 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 74
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Construction (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (35%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Personal and laundry services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (17%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Personal appearance workers (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sheridan township:
- German (26.1%)
- United States or American (19.8%)
- English (15.9%)
- Swedish (8.5%)
- French (except Basque) (6.8%)
- Irish (5.7%)
- Scottish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 162 (63%)
- Carpooled: 60 (23%)
- Walked: 17 (7%)
- Worked at home: 20 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (3%)
97.8% of residents of Sheridan township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 568- In family households: 506 (150 male householders, 18 female householders)
139 spouses, 183 children (170 natural, 7 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 3 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 62 (24 male householders (20 living alone)), 29 female householders (25 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 82 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 45 1-person, 6 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
133 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (3 men, 10 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): 4
| Here: | 10.3% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |