Superior township, McPherson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (56% naturalized citizens)
| Superior township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
62% of Superior township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1269
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 125
- South: 121
- West: 68
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
80 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 524
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 22
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 4
- 20 to 49: 30
- 50 or more: 18
- Mobile homes: 23
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,300
Housing units in Superior township with a mortgage: 185 (21 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 192
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Plastics and rubber products (7%)
- Food (4%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Superior township:
- German (50.1%)
- United States or American (9.1%)
- Dutch (8.2%)
- English (7.2%)
- Irish (6.0%)
- Swedish (2.2%)
- Swiss (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Guatemala (33%)
- Poland (22%)
- India (22%)
- Canada (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 531 (79%)
- Carpooled: 32 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Bicycle: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 43 (6%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 51 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
80 people in nursing homes
85.0% of residents of Superior township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
14.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,556- In family households: 1,371 (410 male householders, 46 female householders)
405 spouses, 463 children (405 natural, 35 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 5 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 185 (73 male householders (64 living alone)), 99 female householders (98 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 80 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 242 2-persons, 67 3-persons, 76 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 162 1-person, 8 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
344 married couples with children.
51 single-parent households (12 men, 39 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 7.2% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 12.7% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |