Summers township, Thomas County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 144.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 197 (all rural)
| Males: 101 |  (51.3%) |
| Females: 96 |  (48.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 197 (163 owner occupied, 34 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 17% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Summers township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
Median age of males: 38.4
Median age of females: 34.5
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Average household size: 2.90
| Summers township: | 2.9 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Summers township: | $47,849 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $401 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $98,184 (it was $76,300 in 2000)
| : | $98,184 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 1 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 13.0% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 13.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Frontier Agricultural Grain Elevator Number 8 (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Church in Summers township: Mingo Bible Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Mingo Cemetery (1), Summers Township Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
65% of Summers township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 0% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 161
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 41
- South: 3
- West: 34
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 2.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 66
- One, attached: 7
- Mobile homes: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $12,500
Housing units in Summers township with a mortgage: 3 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 22
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (48%)
- Truck transportation (13%)
- Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (28%)
- Health care (25%)
- Food (19%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (13%)
- Personal and laundry services (9%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (40%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (21%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (31%)
- Health technologists and technicians (25%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (19%)
- Personal appearance workers (9%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Summers township:
- German (47.3%)
- English (18.7%)
- United States or American (17.6%)
- Norwegian (4.4%)
- Czech (3.8%)
- European (3.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 47 (46%)
- Carpooled: 6 (6%)
- Worked at home: 49 (48%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (60%)
- Utility gas (29%)
- Electricity (11%)
96.6% of residents of Summers township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 239- In family households: 220 (67 male householders, 0 female householders)
67 spouses, 86 children (62 natural, 10 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 19 (19 male householders (19 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 22 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 19 1-person,
54 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (1 men, 1 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
| Here: | 54.2% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 70.0% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |