Pottawatomie township, Franklin County, Kansas (KS)

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Pottawatomie township, KS map Land area: 38.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 669 (all rural)

Males: 341	(51.0%)
Females: 328	(49.0%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 669 (610 owner occupied, 59 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	9%
State:	31%

Races in Pottawatomie township:

White Non-Hispanic: 96.9%
Black: 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Asian: 0.1%
Two or more races: 2.2%

Median age of males: 38.3
Median age of females: 37.8

Average houshold size: 2.69
Average family size: 3.01

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Population density: 17 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	7.5%
Whole state:	9.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	4.7%
Whole state:	4.1%

Cities in this township include: Lane.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemeteries: Needham Cemetery, Lane Cemetery.

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Mosquito Creek, Hahn Branch.

65% of Pottawatomie township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Kansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 539
Northeast: 0
Midwest: 92
South: 28
West: 22

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $45,000

Pottawatomie township, Kansas satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 230
One, attached: 3
Mobile homes: 59
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Median worth of mobile homes: $35,800

Housing units in Pottawatomie township with a mortgage: 68 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 53

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 17
1995 to 1998: 12
1990 to 1994: 12
1980 to 1989: 35
1970 to 1979: 45
1960 to 1969: 27
1950 to 1959: 25
1940 to 1949: 18
1939 or earlier: 107

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Pottawatomie township, Kansas:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 5
3 rooms: 2
4 rooms: 10
5 rooms: 87
6 rooms: 51
7 rooms: 30
8 rooms: 18
9 or more rooms: 17

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pottawatomie township, Kansas:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 0
4 rooms: 9
5 rooms: 2
6 rooms: 5
7 rooms: 4
8 rooms: 0
9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Pottawatomie township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 13
2 bedrooms: 68
3 bedrooms: 109
4 bedrooms: 22
5 or more bedrooms: 8

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Pottawatomie township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 2
2 bedrooms: 12
3 bedrooms: 6
4 bedrooms: 0
5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Pottawatomie township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 4
1 vehicle: 21
2 vehicles: 81
3 vehicles: 68
4 vehicles: 29
5 or more vehicles: 17

Cars and other vehicles available in Pottawatomie township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 2
1 vehicle: 4
2 vehicles: 8
3 vehicles: 2
4 vehicles: 4
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Construction (13%)
Educational services (10%)
Machinery (7%)
Rail transportation (7%)
Metal and metal products (6%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
Printing and related support activities (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (21%)
Educational services (15%)
Public administration (5%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Machinery (4%)
Apparel (3%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)
Rail and water transportation workers (5%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Registered nurses (10%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
Customer service representatives (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Pottawatomie township:

United States or American (23.1%)
German (22.8%)
English (14.2%)
Irish (10.2%)
European (3.7%)
Danish (3.4%)
Scotch-Irish (2.6%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 325 (84%)
Carpooled: 40 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
Walked: 4 (1%)
Other means: 4 (1%)
Worked at home: 8 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (48%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
Electricity (18%)
Wood (11%)

97.2% of residents of Pottawatomie township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 681

In family households: 627 (171 male householders, 29 female householders)
172 spouses, 201 children (184 natural, 3 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 27 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 54 (30 male householders (25 living alone)), 11 female householders (9 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 80 2-persons, 52 3-persons, 41 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 34 1-person, 5 2-persons, 2 5-persons.

139 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (5 men, 18 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2

Here:	2.7%
Kansas:	11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Kansas:	7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6

Here:	27.3%
Kansas:	13.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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