Vernon township, Cowley County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 39.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.3 sq. mi.
Population: 502 (10% urban, 90% rural)
| Males: 256 |  (51.0%) |
| Females: 246 |  (49.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 502 (421 owner occupied, 81 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 16% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Vernon township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.2%
- Black: 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.6%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
- Some other race: 0.4%
Median age of males: 37.6
Median age of females: 37.3
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Average household size: 2.68
| Vernon township: | 2.7 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.17
| Vernon township: | $41,573 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $439 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $81,416 (it was $55,200 in 2000)
| : | $81,416 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 13 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 4.5% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 3.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Vernon township: Winfield Junction (A), KKLE - AM (Winfield) (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Vernon township: Dunamis Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Mount Zion Cemetery (1), Mount Vernon Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Spring Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
79% of Vernon township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 23% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 351
- Northeast: 41
- Midwest: 12
- South: 29
- West: 16
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 158
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,800
Housing units in Vernon township with a mortgage: 44 (7 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 21
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Construction (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Educational services (22%)
- Health care (18%)
- Plastics and rubber products (15%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (24%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (22%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (20%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
- Customer service representatives (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Vernon township:
- United States or American (32.8%)
- German (16.0%)
- Irish (12.9%)
- English (9.6%)
- European (5.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 181 (75%)
- Carpooled: 40 (17%)
- Worked at home: 21 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (60%)
- Utility gas (34%)
- Wood (6%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 449- In family households: 412 (136 male householders, 9 female householders)
133 spouses, 124 children (118 natural, 0 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 37 (16 male householders (16 living alone)), 21 female householders (21 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 65 2-persons, 37 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 37 1-person,
126 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (7 men, 9 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% |