Walker township, Anderson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Walker township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
64% of Walker 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: 601
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 61
- South: 35
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 244
- One, attached: 3
- Mobile homes: 32
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,300
Housing units in Walker township with a mortgage: 59 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 57
- Construction (32%)
- Metal and metal products (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Construction laborers (9%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (13%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Secondary school teachers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Walker township:
- German (52.7%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- Scottish (7.0%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- European (5.2%)
- English (4.7%)
- Swedish (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 266 (76%)
- Carpooled: 50 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 6 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 23 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Wood (11%)
- Electricity (3%)
98.3% of residents of Walker township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 22% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 712- In family households: 633 (204 male householders, 12 female householders)
179 spouses, 197 children (169 natural, 16 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 5 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 79 (38 male householders (33 living alone)), 27 female householders (20 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 121 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 30 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 53 1-person, 12 2-persons,
146 married couples with children.
24 single-parent households (8 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 17.9% |
| 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% |