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Wamego township, Pottawatomie County, KS

5,728 Population
19.5 square miles 293.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pottawatomie County: 36.2 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$38,136 ±$4,052 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pottawatomie County: $37,341 ±$2,038
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$90,335 ±$15,174 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pottawatomie County: $87,694 ±$5,334
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

4.1% ±2.5% (234  ±141) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pottawatomie County: 7.1% † 1,810 (±1.3% / ±337)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

27.9 minutes ±6.5 (82,900  ±20,963) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pottawatomie County: 24.4 281,925 (±1.7 / ±23,156)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

2,005 ±210 Number of households
  • Pottawatomie County: 9,084 ±297
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.8 ±0.3 (5,645  ±47) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pottawatomie County: 2.8 25,383 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

2.6% ±2.8% (31  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pottawatomie County: 9.1% † 509 (±3% / ±169)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

2,398 ±182 Number of housing units
  • Pottawatomie County: 10,077 ±36
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$190,500 ±$7,780 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pottawatomie County: $223,000 ±$11,218
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

7.7% ±3.7% (441  ±207.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pottawatomie County: 8.5% † 2,176 (±1.6% / ±411.9)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

97% ±12.3% (3,344  ±479.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pottawatomie County: 96.3% 15,859 (±4.7% / ±768.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
39.2% ±8.2% (1,352  ±296.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pottawatomie County: 36.5% 6,017 (±2.9% / ±470.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

1.9% ±1.6% (106  ±90) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pottawatomie County: 2.1% 534
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

10.1% ±4% (398  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Pottawatomie County: 10.6% † 1,932 (±1.8% / ±330)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
398 Total veterans ±158 346 Male ±142 52 Female ±59

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