Valley township, Ellsworth County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 35.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 577 (all rural)
| Males: 282 |  (48.9%) |
| Females: 295 |  (51.1%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 577 (497 owner occupied, 80 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 14% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Valley township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.3%
Median age of males: 44.7
Median age of females: 45.7
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Average household size: 2.26
| Valley township: | 2.3 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.83
| Valley township: | $45,543 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $370 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $74,042 (it was $45,200 in 2000)
| : | $74,042 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 16 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 12.6% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 4.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: Holyrood.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Holyrood Wastewater Plant (A). Display/hide its location on the map
63% of Valley township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 457
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 34
- South: 32
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 300
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 9
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Valley township with a mortgage: 77 (0 second mortgage, 4 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 101
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Educational services (26%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (19%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Valley township:
- German (55.9%)
- Irish (11.4%)
- United States or American (8.7%)
- English (6.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
- Italian (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 222 (79%)
- Carpooled: 41 (15%)
- Walked: 13 (5%)
- Worked at home: 6 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Electricity (4%)
97.6% of residents of Valley township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 565- In family households: 458 (139 male householders, 15 female householders)
145 spouses, 156 children (129 natural, 3 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 107 (40 male householders (33 living alone)), 54 female householders (52 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 70 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 85 1-person, 6 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
112 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (5 men, 13 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% |