Pottawatomie township, Franklin County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
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
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Average household size: 2.69
Pottawatomie township: | 2.7 people |
Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.01
Pottawatomie township: | $49,130 |
Kansas: | $50,972 |
Here: | $532 |
State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $120,912 (it was $76,600 in 2000)
: | $120,912 |
Kansas: | $129,700 |
Population density: 17 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 7.5% |
Whole state: | 9.9% |
This township: | 4.7% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: Lane.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Pottawatomie township: Lane Wastewater Plant (A), Pottawatomie Township Fire Department Station 2 (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Baker Cemetery (1), Lane Cemetery (2), Needham Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Sac Branch (A), Mosquito Creek (B), Hahn Branch (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
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
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
- 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%)
- 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%)
- 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 of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Rail and water transportation workers (5%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- 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%)
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% |