West Branch township, Marion County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (46% naturalized citizens)
West Branch township: | 1.3% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
68% of West Branch township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 14% 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: 819
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 74
- South: 66
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
70 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 359
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 8
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,800
Housing units in West Branch township with a mortgage: 107 (8 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 96
- Machinery (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (30%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Branch township:
- German (56.5%)
- Dutch (8.5%)
- English (5.9%)
- Russian (5.1%)
- United States or American (5.0%)
- Irish (3.2%)
- Ukrainian (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (31%)
- United Kingdom (23%)
- Germany (15%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (15%)
- Canada (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 363 (72%)
- Carpooled: 66 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (5%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 37 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (44%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
70 people in other nonhousehold living situations
85.7% of residents of West Branch township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
13.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (81% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 960- In family households: 875 (269 male householders, 24 female householders)
261 spouses, 280 children (248 natural, 15 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 14 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 85 (37 male householders (35 living alone)), 45 female householders (43 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 73 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 154 2-persons, 39 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 78 1-person, 4 2-persons,
207 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (5 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 7.4% |
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: 8
Here: | 32.0% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |