Independence township, Montgomery County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (80% naturalized citizens)
| Independence township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
64% of Independence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1555
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 262
- South: 309
- West: 124
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
101 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 816
- 3 or 4: 5
- Mobile homes: 180
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,100
Housing units in Independence township with a mortgage: 262 (13 second mortgage, 35 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 238
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Repair and maintenance (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Independence township:
- German (24.5%)
- United States or American (23.7%)
- English (12.3%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
- Norwegian (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (47%)
- Germany (33%)
- Ghana (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 943 (84%)
- Carpooled: 109 (10%)
- Walked: 38 (3%)
- Other means: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 21 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (6%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
101 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
95.9% of residents of Independence township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,224- In family households: 1,963 (591 male householders, 102 female householders)
613 spouses, 613 children (552 natural, 14 adopted, 47 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 261 (150 male householders (143 living alone)), 73 female householders (59 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 97 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 369 2-persons, 153 3-persons, 113 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 202 1-person, 14 2-persons, 7 4-persons,
450 married couples with children.
81 single-parent households (30 men, 51 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 77
| Here: | 25.5% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 7.6% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |