Soldier township, Shawnee County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Soldier township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
67% of Soldier township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10187
- Northeast: 189
- Midwest: 1328
- South: 597
- West: 581
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,510
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 9
- 5 to 9: 53
- 10 to 19: 7
- Mobile homes: 203
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Soldier township with a mortgage: 2,727 (229 second mortgage, 316 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 874
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Soldier township:
- German (39.1%)
- United States or American (12.5%)
- English (10.2%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- Scottish (2.5%)
- Swedish (2.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (21%)
- Indonesia (20%)
- Germany (16%)
- Argentina (10%)
- Panama (9%)
- Bolivia (9%)
- Middle Africa (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,274 (87%)
- Carpooled: 693 (10%)
- Taxi: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 41 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (0%)
- Worked at home: 214 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (1%)
97.4% of residents of Soldier township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,072- In family households: 12,298 (3,667 male householders, 376 female householders)
3,691 spouses, 4,139 children (3,773 natural, 167 adopted, 199 stepchildren), 176 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 70 parents, 37 other relatives, 122 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 774 (239 male householders (196 living alone)), 400 female householders (332 living alone)), 135 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 1,784 2-persons, 881 3-persons, 911 4-persons, 336 5-persons, 92 6-persons, 39 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 528 1-person, 102 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
2,845 married couples with children.
364 single-parent households (86 men, 278 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 226
| Here: | 13.5% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 93
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 99
| Here: | 22.6% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |