Powhattan township, Brown County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (80% naturalized citizens)
| Powhattan township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
62% of Powhattan 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, 40% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 710
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 90
- South: 48
- West: 43
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 268
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,800
Housing units in Powhattan township with a mortgage: 48 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 80
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (34%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (11%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cashiers (11%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Secondary school teachers (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Powhattan township:
- German (20.0%)
- European (11.0%)
- Swiss (4.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.3%)
- English (1.9%)
- United States or American (1.8%)
- French (except Basque) (0.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Western Europe (40%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 291 (79%)
- Carpooled: 27 (7%)
- Walked: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 48 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (92%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Wood (2%)
93.0% of residents of Powhattan township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
5.2% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 899- In family households: 812 (171 male householders, 63 female householders)
185 spouses, 302 children (288 natural, 0 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 45 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 25 other relatives, 8 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 87 (26 male householders (16 living alone)), 46 female householders (46 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 88 2-persons, 45 3-persons, 37 4-persons, 47 5-persons, 17 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 62 1-person, 7 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
176 married couples with children.
77 single-parent households (17 men, 60 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 17.1% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |