Union township, Sedgwick County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
Union township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
65% of Union township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1908
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 74
- South: 84
- West: 49
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.3%
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
52 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 633
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 9
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $56,400
Housing units in Union township with a mortgage: 308 (22 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 145
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Union township:
- German (65.3%)
- United States or American (8.7%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- English (4.6%)
- French (except Basque) (1.2%)
- Scottish (1.2%)
- Italian (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- Cambodia (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 845 (84%)
- Carpooled: 79 (8%)
- Walked: 8 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 69 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
52 people in nursing homes
98.1% of residents of Union township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,107- In family households: 2,007 (453 male householders, 92 female householders)
490 spouses, 925 children (893 natural, 14 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 12 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 100 (37 male householders (34 living alone)), 49 female householders (45 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 53 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 171 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 128 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 33 6-persons, 38 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 79 1-person, 6 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
701 married couples with children.
78 single-parent households (30 men, 48 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 1.1% |
Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 33
Here: | 23.1% |
Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 9.9% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |