Shell Rock township, Greenwood County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Shell Rock township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
74% of Shell Rock township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1151
- Northeast: 60
- Midwest: 62
- South: 39
- West: 20
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 468
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 95
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,300
Housing units in Shell Rock township with a mortgage: 99 (10 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 73
- Machinery (17%)
- Construction (10%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (20%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Shell Rock township:
- German (30.4%)
- English (13.6%)
- United States or American (11.1%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- Polish (4.6%)
- Italian (4.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 577 (84%)
- Carpooled: 56 (8%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (2%)
- Worked at home: 28 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Wood (22%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.5% of residents of Shell Rock township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,341- In family households: 1,186 (348 male householders, 55 female householders)
330 spouses, 397 children (367 natural, 8 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 5 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 155 (69 male householders (50 living alone)), 45 female householders (33 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 188 2-persons, 100 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 83 1-person, 23 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 4 4-persons,
45 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (0 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 15.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |