Union township, Jefferson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Union township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
55% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 90% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1300
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 229
- South: 85
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $56,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 544
- One, attached: 18
- Two: 13
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 68
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,300
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 191 (19 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 102
- Construction (28%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Rail transportation (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (35.7%)
- United States or American (13.9%)
- Irish (11.6%)
- English (9.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- European (1.8%)
- Welsh (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 645 (85%)
- Carpooled: 86 (11%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 25 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (6%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.2% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 28% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,669- In family households: 1,519 (385 male householders, 101 female householders)
423 spouses, 557 children (501 natural, 4 adopted, 52 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 150 (79 male householders (63 living alone)), 48 female householders (45 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 194 2-persons, 103 3-persons, 125 4-persons, 40 5-persons, 24 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 108 1-person, 17 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
389 married couples with children.
84 single-parent households (33 men, 51 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): 2
| Here: | 1.9% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 20.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |