Sherman township, Crawford County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 72.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.3 sq. mi.
Population: 520 (all rural)
| Males: 267 |  (51.3%) |
| Females: 253 |  (48.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 520 (457 owner occupied, 63 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Sherman township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 0.2%
Median age of males: 41.8
Median age of females: 42.1
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Average household size: 2.49
| Sherman township: | 2.5 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.84
| Sherman township: | $35,939 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $504 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $84,648 (it was $55,000 in 2000)
| : | $84,648 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Sherman township: Crawford State Park Lonesome Point Campground (A), Farlington Fish Hatchery (B), Crawford State Park Rocky Cove Campground (C), Crawford State Park Osage Bluff Campground (D), Crawford State Park Oak Point Campground (E), Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Officer - Crawford County (F), Sherman Township Fire Department (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Sherman township include: Farlington United Methodist Church (A), Immanuel Lutheran Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Farlington Cemetery (1), Iowa Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Lake Crawford (A), Frisco Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Sherman township: Crawford State Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
74% of Sherman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 383
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 25
- South: 32
- West: 20
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 264
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Sherman township with a mortgage: 48 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 25
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Finance and insurance (15%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Warehousing and storage (6%)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Health care (32%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Other financial specialists (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (14%)
- Accountants and auditors (10%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Special education teachers (8%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Sherman township:
- German (33.9%)
- English (15.0%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- United States or American (9.2%)
- Dutch (6.0%)
- Swedish (5.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 184 (73%)
- Carpooled: 31 (12%)
- Walked: 5 (2%)
- Worked at home: 32 (13%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (69%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (13%)
- Other fuel (3%)
99.1% of residents of Sherman township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 460- In family households: 429 (133 male householders, 12 female householders)
150 spouses, 124 children (107 natural, 5 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 31 (20 male householders (20 living alone)), 11 female householders (11 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 83 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 31 1-person,
100 married couples with children.
9 single-parent households (4 men, 5 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 16.1% |
| 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |