Sherman township, Clay County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sherman township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
56% of Sherman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 283
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 28
- South: 19
- West: 34
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 131
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Sherman township with a mortgage: 41 (0 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 45
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Construction (22%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (16%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (18%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Cashiers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sherman township:
- German (20.1%)
- United States or American (17.5%)
- English (16.7%)
- Swedish (15.8%)
- French (except Basque) (12.8%)
- European (3.8%)
- Irish (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 151 (78%)
- Carpooled: 24 (12%)
- Walked: 7 (4%)
- Worked at home: 12 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Other fuel (6%)
- Wood (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
96.3% of residents of Sherman township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (23% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 372- In family households: 341 (86 male householders, 0 female householders)
95 spouses, 151 children (122 natural, 4 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 3 other relatives, 3 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 31 (23 male householders (23 living alone)), 8 female householders (8 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 33 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 29 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 31 1-person,
82 married couples with children.
19 single-parent households (15 men, 4 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 2.9% |
| 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% |