Soldier township, Jackson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (90% naturalized citizens)
| Soldier township: | 7.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
65% of Soldier township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1699
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 164
- South: 99
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 1.4% of all households
- Gay men: 2.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 705
- One, attached: 5
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 11
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $102,500
Housing units in Soldier township with a mortgage: 343 (21 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 10 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 62
- Construction (9%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Accountants and auditors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Soldier township:
- German (27.8%)
- Dutch (15.0%)
- United States or American (9.2%)
- Irish (7.6%)
- Polish (7.1%)
- English (7.0%)
- Italian (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (45%)
- Philippines (34%)
- Netherlands (21%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 945 (85%)
- Carpooled: 104 (9%)
- Worked at home: 58 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (10%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.7% of residents of Soldier township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,084- In family households: 1,935 (503 male householders, 104 female householders)
534 spouses, 736 children (676 natural, 46 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 18 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 149 (58 male householders (54 living alone)), 47 female householders (37 living alone)), 44 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 244 2-persons, 139 3-persons, 142 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 91 1-person, 5 2-persons, 9 6-persons,
81 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (7 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 2.1% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |