Baker township, Gove County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (43% naturalized citizens)
Baker township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
67% of Baker township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1040
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 109
- South: 62
- West: 112
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
People in group quarters in Baker township, Kansas:
- 48 people in nursing homes
- 5 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 5 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 532
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 4
- 10 to 19: 11
- 50 or more: 1
- Mobile homes: 31
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Baker township with a mortgage: 119 (5 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 188
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (25%)
- Construction (11%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Educational services (25%)
- Health care (23%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Pharmacies and drug stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (15%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Baker township:
- German (47.7%)
- United States or American (15.5%)
- English (9.1%)
- Irish (5.0%)
- Swedish (4.0%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Russia (50%)
- Germany (21%)
- Korea (14%)
- Australia (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 402 (68%)
- Carpooled: 46 (8%)
- Walked: 88 (15%)
- Worked at home: 53 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Baker township, Kansas:
- 48 people in nursing homes
- 5 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 5 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
97.2% of residents of Baker township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English well, 29% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,310- In family households: 1,158 (346 male householders, 29 female householders)
342 spouses, 413 children (387 natural, 11 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 152 (34 male householders (34 living alone)), 115 female householders (113 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 52 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 181 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 49 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 147 1-person, 2 2-persons,
327 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (15 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
Here: | 1.7% |
Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
Here: | 5.7% |
Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 10.5% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |