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Smoky View township, Saline County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (57% naturalized citizens)

Smoky View township:

0.7%
Whole state:

5.0%

62% of Smoky View township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Kansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 732
  • Northeast: 17
  • Midwest: 68
  • South: 50
  • West: 49

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Smoky View township, KS map Smoky View township, Kansas satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $32,400


Housing units in Smoky View township with a mortgage: 96 (10 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 71

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 10
  • 1995 to 1998: 52
  • 1990 to 1994: 6
  • 1980 to 1989: 36
  • 1970 to 1979: 31
  • 1960 to 1969: 55
  • 1950 to 1959: 33
  • 1940 to 1949: 20
  • 1939 or earlier: 103

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Smoky View township, Kansas:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 13
  • 4 rooms: 18
  • 5 rooms: 68
  • 6 rooms: 53
  • 7 rooms: 41
  • 8 rooms: 51
  • 9 or more rooms: 35

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Smoky View township, Kansas:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 6
  • 4 rooms: 6
  • 5 rooms: 18
  • 6 rooms: 3
  • 7 rooms: 15
  • 8 rooms: 6
  • 9 or more rooms: 5

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Smoky View township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 72
  • 3 bedrooms: 126
  • 4 bedrooms: 68
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 13

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Smoky View township:

  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 5
  • 2 bedrooms: 23
  • 3 bedrooms: 23
  • 4 bedrooms: 3
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 5

Cars and other vehicles available in Smoky View township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 30
  • 2 vehicles: 144
  • 3 vehicles: 77
  • 4 vehicles: 17
  • 5 or more vehicles: 11

Cars and other vehicles available in Smoky View township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 0
  • 1 vehicle: 18
  • 2 vehicles: 30
  • 3 vehicles: 11
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)

Most common industries for males (%):

  • Construction (13%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
  • Machinery (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Transportation equipment (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Health care (17%)
  • Educational services (16%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Transportation equipment (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
  • Farmers and farm managers (10%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Carpenters (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Registered nurses (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Smoky View township:

  • German (28.1%)
  • Swedish (26.1%)
  • Irish (8.9%)
  • United States or American (7.9%)
  • English (6.0%)
  • French (except Basque) (2.0%)
  • Swiss (2.0%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

  • Germany (57%)
  • Mexico (43%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (52%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
  • Electricity (13%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
  • Wood (3%)

97.0% of residents of Smoky View township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 930

Size of family households: 127 2-persons, 51 3-persons, 51 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 43 1-person, 11 2-persons,

252 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (13 men, 22 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: 2
Here:

18.2%
Kansas:

13.8%

Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Smoky View township:

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