Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Bennington township, Ottawa County, KS

1,384 Population
42 square miles 32.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

41.6 ±7.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ottawa County: 42.4 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,311 ±$4,339 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ottawa County: $36,666 ±$2,325
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,556 ±$20,562 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ottawa County: $74,018 † ±$12,077
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.6% ±5.4% (117  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ottawa County: 10.4% † 592 (±2.6% / ±146)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.3 minutes ±2.9 (15,285  ±3,570) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 23.8 † 62,165 (±2.5 / ±7,238)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

530 ±79 Number of households
  • Ottawa County: 2,408 ±82
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (1,384  ±228) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 2.4 5,717 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.4% ±5.8% (17  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ottawa County: 6.6% † 73 (±3.3% / ±36)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

562 ±83 Number of housing units
  • Ottawa County: 2,693 ±25
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$222,400 ±$39,128 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ottawa County: $166,000 ±$8,615
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.1% ±10.5% (220  ±147.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ottawa County: 10.8% † 626 (±3.5% / ±202)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±18.1% (882  ±119.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ottawa County: 94.9% 3,846 (±6% / ±248.4)
  • 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)
29.9% ±5.8% (284  ±67.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ottawa County: 27.7% † 1,124 (±3.6% / ±144.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.3% ±0.5% (4  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ottawa County: 0.7% 39
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±2.7% (84  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ottawa County: 6.8% † 303 (±1.2% / ±55)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
84 Total veterans ±30 81 Male ±31 3 Female ±5

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.