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Blue township, Pottawatomie County, KS

5,173 Population
43.3 square miles 119.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pottawatomie County: 36.4 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,485 ±$7,197 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pottawatomie County: $38,494 ±$1,894
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$118,385 ±$17,157 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pottawatomie County: $92,325 ±$5,521
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.8% ±4% (351  ±205) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Pottawatomie County: 6.7% † 1,723 (±1.2% / ±304)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.7 minutes ±3 (47,055  ±8,839) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pottawatomie County: 23.2 267,195 (±1.8 / ±23,107)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,767 ±140 Number of households
  • Pottawatomie County: 9,381 ±270
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.2 (5,146  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pottawatomie County: 2.8 25,776 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.7% ±12.1% (135  ±141) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pottawatomie County: 10.6% † 602 (±3.9% / ±220)
  • about double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,788 ±139 Number of housing units
  • Pottawatomie County: 10,214 ±44
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$338,900 ±$18,393 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pottawatomie County: $245,900 ±$11,263
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±4.1% (432  ±207.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Pottawatomie County: 8.5% † 2,192 (±1.7% / ±432.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.9% ±10.3% (3,319  ±406.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pottawatomie County: 96.4% 16,114 (±4.8% / ±802.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
55.6% ±8% (1,886  ±297.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pottawatomie County: 38.2% 6,382 (±3% / ±506.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.9% ±2.4% (202  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pottawatomie County: 2.3% 604
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16% ±6.3% (562  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pottawatomie County: 10.3% † 1,901 (±1.8% / ±337)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
562 Total veterans ±225 372 Male ±131 190 Female ±130

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