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Solomon township, Phillips County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 45 (54% naturalized citizens)

Solomon township:

45.1%
Whole state:

5.0%

50% of Solomon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 44% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Kansas.

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

  • This state: 1653
  • Northeast: 79
  • Midwest: 639
  • South: 830
  • West: 484

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $80,000


Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%

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

  • Lesbian couples: 1.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Solomon township, KS map Solomon township, Kansas satellite photo by USGS

Housing units in structures:


Median worth of mobile homes: $33,200


Housing units in Solomon township with a mortgage: 492 (51 second mortgage, 54 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 133

Year house built

  • 1999 to March 2000: 72
  • 1995 to 1998: 344
  • 1990 to 1994: 378
  • 1980 to 1989: 221
  • 1970 to 1979: 254
  • 1960 to 1969: 131
  • 1950 to 1959: 60
  • 1940 to 1949: 41
  • 1939 or earlier: 76

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Solomon township, Kansas:

  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 6
  • 3 rooms: 44
  • 4 rooms: 92
  • 5 rooms: 276
  • 6 rooms: 245
  • 7 rooms: 126
  • 8 rooms: 100
  • 9 or more rooms: 125

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Solomon township, Kansas:

  • 1 room: 17
  • 2 rooms: 6
  • 3 rooms: 53
  • 4 rooms: 122
  • 5 rooms: 93
  • 6 rooms: 52
  • 7 rooms: 14
  • 8 rooms: 8
  • 9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Solomon township:

  • no bedroom: 13
  • 1 bedroom: 14
  • 2 bedrooms: 180
  • 3 bedrooms: 542
  • 4 bedrooms: 177
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 88

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Solomon township:

  • no bedroom: 23
  • 1 bedroom: 13
  • 2 bedrooms: 206
  • 3 bedrooms: 115
  • 4 bedrooms: 8
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 0

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

  • no vehicle: 18
  • 1 vehicle: 257
  • 2 vehicles: 413
  • 3 vehicles: 210
  • 4 vehicles: 93
  • 5 or more vehicles: 23

Cars and other vehicles available in Solomon township in renter-occupied apartments

  • no vehicle: 32
  • 1 vehicle: 183
  • 2 vehicles: 107
  • 3 vehicles: 43
  • 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 (18%)
  • Accommodation and food services (17%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (11%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

  • Accommodation and food services (18%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
  • Top executives (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

  • Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
  • Cashiers (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Solomon township:

  • United States or American (18.4%)
  • German (18.3%)
  • English (15.4%)
  • Irish (13.4%)
  • French (except Basque) (3.1%)
  • Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
  • Scottish (2.3%)

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

  • Honduras (26%)
  • Poland (17%)
  • Germany (13%)
  • Vietnam (12%)
  • Philippines (11%)
  • Costa Rica (8%)
  • Russia (7%)

Means of transportation to work:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Electricity (62%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (31%)
  • Wood (6%)
  • Utility gas (1%)

96.8% of residents of Solomon township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (30% speak English very well, 49% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (29% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
0.3% 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 well).

Household type by relationship:

Households: 3,778

Size of family households: 515 2-persons, 247 3-persons, 232 4-persons, 74 5-persons, 35 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,

Size of nonfamily households: 270 1-person, 42 2-persons, 16 3-persons,

53 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (1 men, 3 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: 79
Here:

58.1%
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 Solomon township:

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