WaKeeney township, Trego County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| WaKeeney township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
79% of WaKeeney township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1504
- Northeast: 68
- Midwest: 86
- South: 165
- West: 5
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
75 people in nursing homes
34 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 696
- One, attached: 6
- Mobile homes: 26
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,400
Housing units in WaKeeney township with a mortgage: 356 (30 second mortgage, 70 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 174
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Construction (13%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (26%)
- Accommodation and food services (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in WaKeeney township:
- German (30.5%)
- United States or American (24.7%)
- Irish (12.8%)
- English (12.5%)
- Italian (3.0%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
- Polish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 889 (91%)
- Carpooled: 51 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 25 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Solar energy (1%)
75 people in nursing homes
34 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
96.1% of residents of WaKeeney township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 44% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,819- In family households: 1,667 (474 male householders, 95 female householders)
521 spouses, 523 children (468 natural, 13 adopted, 42 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 9 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 152 (51 male householders (44 living alone)), 76 female householders (62 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 22 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 296 2-persons, 101 3-persons, 132 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 17 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 106 1-person, 21 2-persons,
416 married couples with children.
99 single-parent households (26 men, 73 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 36
| Here: | 17.3% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 23.2% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |