Washington township, Crawford County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Washington township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
62% of Washington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 58% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2454
- Northeast: 56
- Midwest: 587
- South: 222
- West: 116
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
57 people in nursing homes
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,284
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 25
- 5 to 9: 40
- 10 to 19: 8
- 20 to 49: 11
- Mobile homes: 217
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,700
Housing units in Washington township with a mortgage: 370 (18 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 377
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Printing workers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Washington township:
- German (16.2%)
- Italian (15.1%)
- United States or American (10.1%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- English (7.4%)
- French (except Basque) (4.9%)
- Austrian (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (40%)
- Other Western Europe (25%)
- Cuba (25%)
- Germany (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,343 (84%)
- Carpooled: 164 (10%)
- Walked: 16 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 60 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Wood (4%)
57 people in nursing homes
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.8% of residents of Washington township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (49% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,406- In family households: 2,825 (779 male householders, 143 female householders)
796 spouses, 966 children (883 natural, 45 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 25 parents, 30 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 581 (252 male householders (224 living alone)), 290 female householders (275 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 56 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 422 2-persons, 197 3-persons, 195 4-persons, 82 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 499 1-person, 43 2-persons,
620 married couples with children.
136 single-parent households (47 men, 89 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 29
| Here: | 9.4% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 1.4% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |