Sherman township, Leavenworth County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Sherman township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
62% of Sherman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 18% 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: 1585
- Northeast: 69
- Midwest: 466
- South: 139
- West: 61
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $92,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 809
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 6
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 72
Median worth of mobile homes: $78,100
Housing units in Sherman township with a mortgage: 288 (31 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 139
- Construction (20%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Social assistance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Health care (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bus drivers (4%)
- Librarians, curators, and archivists (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sherman township:
- German (34.7%)
- Irish (14.7%)
- United States or American (9.1%)
- English (7.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Polish (2.4%)
- Norwegian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (36%)
- Other Eastern Europe (24%)
- Germany (16%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Thailand (7%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 986 (80%)
- Carpooled: 115 (9%)
- Walked: 28 (2%)
- Other means: 30 (2%)
- Worked at home: 81 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (2%)
94.5% of residents of Sherman township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (61% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,382- In family households: 2,183 (582 male householders, 116 female householders)
628 spouses, 750 children (723 natural, 10 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 7 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 199 (91 male householders (82 living alone)), 81 female householders (68 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 284 2-persons, 183 3-persons, 141 4-persons, 58 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 150 1-person, 22 2-persons,
485 married couples with children.
86 single-parent households (29 men, 57 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 54
| Here: | 19.4% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
| Here: | 16.3% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |