Empire township, McPherson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (52% naturalized citizens)
Empire township: | 2.1% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
68% of Empire township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1246
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 410
- South: 72
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 571
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 25
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 13
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,200
Housing units in Empire township with a mortgage: 277 (14 second mortgage, 53 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 125
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Religious workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Empire township:
- German (44.1%)
- United States or American (12.2%)
- English (6.8%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- French (except Basque) (6.2%)
- Polish (3.0%)
- Dutch (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (32%)
- Korea (20%)
- Yugoslavia (16%)
- Germany (8%)
- Netherlands (8%)
- Other Western Europe (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 706 (84%)
- Carpooled: 102 (12%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (1%)
94.9% of residents of Empire township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 36% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,721- In family households: 1,521 (363 male householders, 99 female householders)
369 spouses, 608 children (537 natural, 15 adopted, 56 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 17 other relatives, 20 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 200 (59 male householders (29 living alone)), 79 female householders (69 living alone)), 62 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 77 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 179 2-persons, 95 3-persons, 88 4-persons, 65 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 98 1-person, 29 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 4 5-persons,
295 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (10 men, 24 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
Here: | 3.6% |
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: 16
Here: | 32.7% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |