Blue township, Pottawatomie County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (28% naturalized citizens)
| Blue township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
48% of Blue township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 19% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1044
- Northeast: 42
- Midwest: 318
- South: 163
- West: 128
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 592
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 5
- Mobile homes: 129
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Blue township with a mortgage: 300 (21 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 109
- Construction (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Educational services (32%)
- Health care (16%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Postsecondary teachers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Blue township:
- German (38.7%)
- Irish (14.0%)
- United States or American (8.8%)
- English (7.3%)
- French (except Basque) (3.1%)
- Polish (2.9%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (48%)
- Mexico (34%)
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 872 (86%)
- Carpooled: 86 (8%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (2%)
- Worked at home: 30 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Wood (5%)
95.7% of residents of Blue township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,755- In family households: 1,580 (466 male householders, 85 female householders)
458 spouses, 501 children (449 natural, 19 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 21 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 175 (80 male householders (71 living alone)), 70 female householders (55 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 292 2-persons, 98 3-persons, 108 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 126 1-person, 24 2-persons,
411 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (21 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 8.1% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 7.4% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |