Wildcat township, Elk County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Wildcat township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
63% of Wildcat township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 481
- Northeast: 1
- Midwest: 50
- South: 50
- West: 31
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $11,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
35 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 319
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,200
Housing units in Wildcat township with a mortgage: 50 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 137
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (24%)
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (30%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (15%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (4%)
- Religious workers (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wildcat township:
- German (20.7%)
- English (14.7%)
- United States or American (14.7%)
- Irish (13.8%)
- Dutch (6.9%)
- Scottish (4.1%)
- Danish (2.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 144 (74%)
- Carpooled: 30 (15%)
- Walked: 9 (5%)
- Worked at home: 12 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Wood (2%)
35 people in nursing homes
98.8% of residents of Wildcat township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 579- In family households: 474 (150 male householders, 21 female householders)
147 spouses, 144 children (123 natural, 3 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 1 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 105 (48 male householders (40 living alone)), 48 female householders (46 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 35 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 98 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 26 4-persons, 8 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 86 1-person, 8 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
93 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (5 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 2.6% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |