Grinnell township, Gove County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 123.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 480 (all rural)
| Males: 246 |  (51.2%) |
| Females: 234 |  (48.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 480 (387 owner occupied, 93 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 19% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Grinnell township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.4%
- Black: 0.2%
Median age of males: 43.7
Median age of females: 45.5
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Average household size: 2.29
| Grinnell township: | 2.3 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.93
| Grinnell township: | $44,551 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $366 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $72,224 (it was $51,200 in 2000)
| : | $72,224 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 4 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 6.8% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 2.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: Grinnell.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Grinnell township: Grinnell Wastewater Plant (A), Campus (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Zion Norwegian Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
74% of Grinnell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 397
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 22
- South: 14
- West: 34
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $13,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 191
- Two: 3
- Mobile homes: 22
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Grinnell township with a mortgage: 38 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 77
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (35%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (9%)
- Construction (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Gasoline stations (5%)
- Educational services (30%)
- Health care (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Food (3%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (17%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (15%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Grinnell township:
- German (70.1%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- English (6.2%)
- Irish (3.6%)
- European (3.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 191 (78%)
- Carpooled: 18 (7%)
- Bicycle: 4 (2%)
- Walked: 14 (6%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 16 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Wood (1%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.9% of residents of Grinnell township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 472- In family households: 396 (121 male householders, 14 female householders)
113 spouses, 136 children (132 natural, 2 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 76 (38 male householders (33 living alone)), 35 female householders (35 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 75 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 68 1-person, 5 2-persons,
92 married couples with children.
10 single-parent households (7 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 3.4% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |