West Plains township, Meade County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 20 (22% naturalized citizens)
West Plains township: | 20.0% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
58% of West Plains township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 704
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 58
- South: 206
- West: 85
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 388
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 1
- 3 or 4: 20
- 5 to 9: 8
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 79
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,600
Housing units in West Plains township with a mortgage: 129 (9 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 124
- Construction (11%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Plains township:
- German (27.5%)
- United States or American (11.5%)
- English (9.5%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (97%)
- Canada (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 420 (75%)
- Carpooled: 92 (16%)
- Walked: 15 (3%)
- Worked at home: 33 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (87%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
71.6% of residents of West Plains township speak English at home.
23.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
4.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,323- In family households: 1,205 (291 male householders, 50 female householders)
293 spouses, 506 children (473 natural, 8 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 14 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 118 (56 male householders (46 living alone)), 45 female householders (38 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 127 2-persons, 58 3-persons, 73 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 84 1-person, 17 2-persons,
389 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (21 men, 31 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
Here: | 4.8% |
Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
Here: | 2.8% |
Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
Here: | 2.9% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |