Sylvia township, Reno County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Sylvia township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
48% of Sylvia 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, 65% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3113
- Northeast: 57
- Midwest: 478
- South: 300
- West: 193
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,406
- One, attached: 24
- Two: 118
- 3 or 4: 120
- 5 to 9: 24
- 10 to 19: 31
- 50 or more: 7
- Mobile homes: 210
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,700
Housing units in Sylvia township with a mortgage: 383 (34 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 407
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Warehousing and storage (6%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Social assistance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (4%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sylvia township:
- United States or American (30.5%)
- German (15.7%)
- Irish (14.7%)
- English (14.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.2%)
- Dutch (1.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (33%)
- Germany (33%)
- Thailand (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,221 (79%)
- Carpooled: 235 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 37 (2%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 39 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (28%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Wood (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
98.5% of residents of Sylvia township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (27% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 58% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,955- In family households: 3,292 (904 male householders, 222 female householders)
937 spouses, 1,093 children (983 natural, 36 adopted, 74 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 35 brothers or sisters, 20 parents, 22 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 663 (208 male householders (164 living alone)), 384 female householders (363 living alone)), 71 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 205 (131 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 590 2-persons, 229 3-persons, 178 4-persons, 83 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 527 1-person, 58 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
83 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (5 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 1.7% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
| Here: | 36.8% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |