Spearville township, Ford County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Spearville township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
65% of Spearville township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 921
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 87
- South: 53
- West: 71
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
18 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 396
- One, attached: 2
- 10 to 19: 16
- 20 to 49: 4
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 40
Median worth of mobile homes: $52,700
Housing units in Spearville township with a mortgage: 147 (15 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 123
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (22%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (19%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Plant and system operators (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Spearville township:
- German (59.2%)
- United States or American (13.5%)
- Irish (6.2%)
- English (5.0%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
- French (except Basque) (1.3%)
- European (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (88%)
- Germany (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 455 (75%)
- Carpooled: 78 (13%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 23 (4%)
- Worked at home: 50 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
18 people in nursing homes
94.1% of residents of Spearville township speak English at home.
5.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,133- In family households: 1,001 (284 male householders, 19 female householders)
315 spouses, 369 children (351 natural, 8 adopted, 10 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 132 (61 male householders (42 living alone)), 52 female householders (52 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 18 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 134 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 37 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 94 1-person, 17 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
282 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (10 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 2.5% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 7.7% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |