Seward township, Seward County, Kansas (KS)

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Seward township, KS map Land area: 214.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 357 (all rural)

Males: 176	(49.3%)
Females: 181	(50.7%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 357 (228 owner occupied, 129 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	36%
State:	31%

Races in Seward township:

White Non-Hispanic: 76.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%

Median age of males: 29.5
Median age of females: 28.5

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Average household size: 3.10

Seward township:	3.1 people
Kansas:	2.5 people

Average family size: 3.43

Estimated median household income in 2007: $39,421 ($33,750 in 1999)

This township:	$39,421
Kansas:	$47,451

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $418 (lower quartile is $296, upper quartile is $614)

Here:	$418
State:	$479

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $73,030 (it was $47,200 in 2000)

Seward township:	$73,030
Kansas:	$121,200

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $76,934 - $152,899

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $141,885
Here: $141,885
State: $157,252

Mobile homes: $17,596
Here: $17,596
State: $34,057

Population density: 2 people per square mile

(very low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	13.6%
Whole state:	9.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	4.1%
Whole state:	4.1%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Number of foreign born residents: 75 (24% naturalized citizens)

Seward township:	21.0%
State:	5.0%

54% of Seward township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Kansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 206
Northeast: 0
Midwest: 13
South: 55
West: 36

Seward township, Kansas satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 100
Mobile homes: 40

Median worth of mobile homes: $12,800

Housing units in Seward township with a mortgage: 17 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 3
1995 to 1998: 2
1990 to 1994: 7
1980 to 1989: 23
1970 to 1979: 13
1960 to 1969: 27
1950 to 1959: 21
1940 to 1949: 10
1939 or earlier: 34

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Seward township, Kansas:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 5 3 rooms: 13 4 rooms: 3 5 rooms: 21 6 rooms: 3 7 rooms: 2 8 rooms: 8 9 or more rooms: 16

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Seward township, Kansas:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 3 3 rooms: 0 4 rooms: 8 5 rooms: 10 6 rooms: 10 7 rooms: 12 8 rooms: 4 9 or more rooms: 1

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Seward township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 17 2 bedrooms: 13 3 bedrooms: 19 4 bedrooms: 18 5 or more bedrooms: 4

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Seward township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 3 2 bedrooms: 2 3 bedrooms: 33 4 bedrooms: 5 5 or more bedrooms: 5

Cars and other vehicles available in Seward township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 0 1 vehicle: 12 2 vehicles: 20 3 vehicles: 32 4 vehicles: 2 5 or more vehicles: 5

Cars and other vehicles available in Seward township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 0 1 vehicle: 11 2 vehicles: 32 3 vehicles: 5 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (71%)
Construction (8%)
Food (4%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Food and beverage stores (3%)
Beverage and tobacco products (2%)
Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (2%)

Most common industries for females:

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (28%)
Health care (17%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
Social assistance (8%)
Machinery (7%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Food (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Agricultural workers including supervisors (36%)
Farmers and farm managers (28%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (4%)
Food processing workers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (23%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (18%)
Registered nurses (12%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
Child care workers (5%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Seward township:

German (43.5%)
English (9.6%)
United States or American (8.8%)
French (except Basque) (3.1%)
Dutch (2.7%)
Irish (1.9%)
Pennsylvania German (1.2%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (76%)
Other South America (19%)
Canada (5%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 121 (81%)
Carpooled: 8 (5%)
Walked: 11 (7%)
Worked at home: 9 (6%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (76%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%) Electricity (8%) Other fuel (3%)

63.3% of residents of Seward township speak English at home.
21.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
15.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (36% speak English very well, 60% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 389

In family households: 374 (90 male householders, 3 female householders)
85 spouses, 188 children (188 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 15 (6 male householders (6 living alone)), 9 female householders (9 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 33 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 15 1-person.

113 married couples with children.
11 single-parent households (7 men, 4 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7

Here:	8.1%
Kansas:	11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8

Here:	14.8%
Kansas:	7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4

Here:	25.0%
Kansas:	13.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Seward township:

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