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Shawnee township, Cherokee County, KS

472 Population
34.9 square miles 13.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

60.1 ±36.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Cherokee County: 42.2 ±0.8
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,218 ±$17,443 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $29,963 ±$1,839
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$33,925 ±$18,852 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cherokee County: $57,668 † ±$6,110
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.5% ±8.1% (12  ±39) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Cherokee County: 14.1% † 2,668 (±2.6% / ±498)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.3 minutes ±6.4 (3,335  ±2,305) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Cherokee County: 20 169,405 (±1.2 / ±13,033)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

247 ±135 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 7,887 ±231
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.3 (472  ±271) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 2.4 18,933 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

35.5% ±41.3% (22  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Cherokee County: 8.2% † 328 (±2.8% / ±113)
  • more than 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

247 ±135 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 9,129 ±26
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$73,500 ±$34,137 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cherokee County: $100,100 ±$8,948
  • about one-third of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±9.6% (24  ±45.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cherokee County: 8.8% † 1,671 (±1.9% / ±365)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±71.1% (334  ±166.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 89.5% 11,919 (±4.9% / ±663.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.8% ±20.7% (92  ±90.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cherokee County: 19.4% † 2,588 (±2.4% / ±321.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-quarters of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

13.4% ±7.8% (50  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Cherokee County: 6.3% † 929 (±1.3% / ±185)
  • about 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)
50 Total veterans ±40 50 Male ±40 N/A Female ±11

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