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Wamego township, Pottawatomie County, KS

5,751 Population
19.5 square miles 295.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±2.3 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

Economics

$39,408 ±$3,361 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pottawatomie County: $38,494 ±$1,894
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$103,387 ±$28,530 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pottawatomie County: $92,325 ±$5,521
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

4.1% ±2.6% (231  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pottawatomie County: 6.7% † 1,723 (±1.2% / ±304)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

28.2 minutes ±6.2 (82,025  ±19,787) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pottawatomie County: 23.2 267,195 (±1.8 / ±23,107)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

2,126 ±205 Number of households
  • Pottawatomie County: 9,381 ±270
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.7 ±0.3 (5,666  ±16) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pottawatomie County: 2.8 25,776 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

1.2% ±1.9% (15  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pottawatomie County: 10.6% † 602 (±3.9% / ±220)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

2,400 ±232 Number of housing units
  • Pottawatomie County: 10,214 ±44
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$198,400 ±$15,104 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pottawatomie County: $245,900 ±$11,263
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

8.9% ±5.1% (509  ±292.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than 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)

Social

97.3% ±11.8% (3,387  ±482.9) 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)
44.1% ±8.7% (1,536  ±323.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pottawatomie County: 38.2% 6,382 (±3% / ±506.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

1.9% ±1.5% (111  ±88) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pottawatomie County: 2.3% 604
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

8.5% ±3.3% (333  ±132) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pottawatomie County: 10.3% † 1,901 (±1.8% / ±337)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
333 Total veterans ±132 307 Male ±133 26 Female ±42

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