Wetmore township, Nemaha County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 503 (all rural)
Males: 245 | (48.7%) |
Females: 258 | (51.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 503 (439 owner occupied, 64 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 13% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Wetmore township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.4%
Median age of males: 35.5
Median age of females: 35.8
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Average household size: 2.63
Wetmore township: | 2.6 people |
Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.18
Wetmore township: | $46,792 |
Kansas: | $50,972 |
Here: | $344 |
State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $96,164 (it was $61,700 in 2000)
: | $96,164 |
Kansas: | $129,700 |
Population density: 14 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 7.7% |
Whole state: | 9.9% |
This township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: Wetmore.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Wetmore township: Wetmore Wastewater Treatment Facility (A), Bancroft Depot Museum (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Ontario Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
55% of Wetmore township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 460
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 27
- South: 29
- West: 57
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
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: 201
- Mobile homes: 27
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,700
Housing units in Wetmore township with a mortgage: 66 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 56
- Construction (18%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (10%)
- Plastics and rubber products (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Farm product raw materials merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Educational services (33%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (19%)
- Health care (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Top executives (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (14%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (10%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
- Secondary school teachers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Art and design workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wetmore township:
- German (56.1%)
- United States or American (13.5%)
- Irish (13.0%)
- English (4.4%)
- Swedish (2.0%)
- Welsh (2.0%)
- Danish (1.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 188 (78%)
- Carpooled: 32 (13%)
- Walked: 6 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (2%)
- Worked at home: 12 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (70%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (5%)
99.0% of residents of Wetmore township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 573- In family households: 515 (132 male householders, 30 female householders)
147 spouses, 168 children (154 natural, 9 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 14 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 58 (21 male householders (21 living alone)), 35 female householders (33 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 84 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 54 1-person, 2 2-persons,
125 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (2 men, 21 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: 2
Here: | 33.3% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |