Syracuse township, Hamilton County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 15 (18% naturalized citizens)
| Syracuse township: | 14.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
52% of Syracuse township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1132
- Northeast: 17
- Midwest: 159
- South: 201
- West: 299
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
41 people in nursing homes
2 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 686
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 36
- 5 to 9: 40
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 151
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Syracuse township with a mortgage: 222 (13 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 235
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (34%)
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (19%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Syracuse township:
- German (29.4%)
- English (10.9%)
- United States or American (10.0%)
- Irish (5.5%)
- Swedish (2.1%)
- Dutch (1.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (84%)
- Peru (10%)
- Canada (4%)
- Vietnam (1%)
- Germany (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 679 (74%)
- Carpooled: 137 (15%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 55 (6%)
- Other means: 14 (2%)
- Worked at home: 32 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Electricity (5%)
41 people in nursing homes
2 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
78.9% of residents of Syracuse township speak English at home.
19.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (35% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 24% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,103- In family households: 1,799 (471 male householders, 91 female householders)
464 spouses, 683 children (639 natural, 22 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 20 other relatives, 35 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 304 (114 male householders (98 living alone)), 160 female householders (155 living alone)), 30 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 43 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 248 2-persons, 108 3-persons, 102 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 253 1-person, 14 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 1 4-persons,
445 married couples with children.
141 single-parent households (46 men, 95 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 6.7% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 8.6% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |