Whiting township, Jackson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Whiting township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
69% of Whiting township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 283
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 43
- South: 13
- West: 5
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $24,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 149
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 3
- 5 to 9: 11
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,000
Housing units in Whiting township with a mortgage: 32 (0 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 40
- Construction (24%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Rail transportation (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (18%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Air transportation (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (10%)
- Electricians (7%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Special education teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Whiting township:
- German (37.4%)
- English (8.7%)
- Irish (8.7%)
- Dutch (7.8%)
- Swedish (5.9%)
- United States or American (5.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (57%)
- Mexico (43%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 116 (74%)
- Carpooled: 26 (17%)
- Walked: 9 (6%)
- Worked at home: 5 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (5%)
96.9% of residents of Whiting township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 357- In family households: 282 (48 male householders, 36 female householders)
69 spouses, 110 children (110 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 75 (23 male householders (23 living alone)), 44 female householders (41 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 37 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 64 1-person, 3 4-persons,
69 married couples with children.
16 single-parent households (7 men, 9 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% |