Center township, Dickinson County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Center township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 5.0% |
56% of Center township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 813
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 130
- South: 117
- West: 105
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
48 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 443
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 5
- Mobile homes: 37
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Center township with a mortgage: 170 (33 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 95
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Construction (11%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Warehousing and storage (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Top executives (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Center township:
- German (31.1%)
- United States or American (16.6%)
- English (11.8%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- Swedish (3.3%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- Italian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 446 (75%)
- Carpooled: 90 (15%)
- Walked: 29 (5%)
- Worked at home: 28 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
48 people in nursing homes
97.6% of residents of Center township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,184- In family households: 1,045 (284 male householders, 54 female householders)
285 spouses, 386 children (351 natural, 12 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 139 (93 male householders (86 living alone)), 40 female householders (40 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 48 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 147 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 79 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 126 1-person, 7 2-persons,
244 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (22 men, 49 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here: | 3.1% |
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: 9
Here: | 32.1% |
Kansas: | 13.8% |