Wea township, Miami County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (41% naturalized citizens)
| Wea township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
57% of Wea township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 12% 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: 1002
- Northeast: 70
- Midwest: 672
- South: 184
- West: 87
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 650
- 3 or 4: 6
- Mobile homes: 52
Median worth of mobile homes: $59,200
Housing units in Wea township with a mortgage: 230 (18 second mortgage, 38 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 44
- Construction (27%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (12%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Construction laborers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wea township:
- German (34.5%)
- Irish (16.0%)
- United States or American (9.5%)
- English (8.6%)
- Norwegian (3.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
- Swedish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (32%)
- Vietnam (27%)
- Cuba (23%)
- Panama (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 873 (80%)
- Carpooled: 121 (11%)
- Walked: 34 (3%)
- Worked at home: 65 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (54%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (27%)
- Utility gas (16%)
- Wood (3%)
97.2% of residents of Wea township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (45% speak English well, 55% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,037- In family households: 1,926 (492 male householders, 76 female householders)
529 spouses, 744 children (665 natural, 27 adopted, 52 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 3 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 111 (59 male householders (51 living alone)), 33 female householders (24 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 233 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 146 4-persons, 64 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 75 1-person, 17 2-persons,
504 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (13 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 27
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 28
| Here: | 15.1% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 31.3% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |