Topeka township, Shawnee County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
Topeka township: | 2.1% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
48% of Topeka township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 563
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 154
- South: 71
- West: 86
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 212
- 3 or 4: 12
- Mobile homes: 179
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,100
Housing units in Topeka township with a mortgage: 93 (18 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59
- Construction (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (9%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Health care (10%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Fire fighting and prevention workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Topeka township:
- German (43.0%)
- United States or American (18.1%)
- English (11.6%)
- Norwegian (4.4%)
- Scottish (3.8%)
- European (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- El Salvador (50%)
- Honduras (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 494 (99%)
- Carpooled: 7 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (83%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
96.2% of residents of Topeka township speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 894- In family households: 739 (221 male householders, 21 female householders)
202 spouses, 210 children (172 natural, 0 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 31 parents, 9 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 155 (73 male householders (60 living alone)), 56 female householders (47 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 87 2-persons, 82 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 28 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 107 1-person, 22 2-persons,
166 married couples with children.
66 single-parent households (20 men, 46 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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |