El Dorado township, Butler County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 53.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.8 sq. mi.
Population: 1,700 (33% urban, 67% rural)
| Males: 908 |  (53.4%) |
| Females: 792 |  (46.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,394 (1,221 owner occupied, 173 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in El Dorado township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 90.2%
- Black: 5.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.8%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
Median age of males: 34.6
Median age of females: 36.1
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Average household size: 2.59
| El Dorado township: | 2.6 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.96
| El Dorado township: | $55,647 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $528 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $125,600 (it was $83,200 in 2000)
| : | $125,600 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 32 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 14.3% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 14.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Cities in this township include: El Dorado.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in El Dorado township: Butler County Sanitary Landfill (A), Oil Hill Industrial Park (B), El Dorado Wastewater Treatment Facility (C), El Dorado State Park Boulder Bluff Camping Area (D), Butler County Fairgrounds (E), Butler County Jail (F), Natural Resources Conservation Service El Dorado Service Center (G), KBTL - FM (El Dorado) (H), Butler Community College Main Campus Library (I), Butler Community College Main Campus Building 1800 (J), Butler Community College Main Campus Building 1300 (K), Butler Community College Main Campus Building 1100 (L). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in El Dorado township: Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemetery: Sunset Lawns Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Rivers and creeks: West Branch Walnut River (A), Constant Creek (B), Sutton Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in El Dorado township: Riverview Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map
77% of El Dorado township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% lived in this county.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 31
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 4
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
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
205 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
101 people in state prisons
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11
- Construction (19%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Educational services (32%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in El Dorado township:
- German (62.9%)
- Dutch (22.9%)
- English (8.6%)
- Norwegian (5.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5 (28%)
- Carpooled: 2 (11%)
- Walked: 3 (17%)
- Worked at home: 8 (44%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (60%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
205 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
101 people in state prisons
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 35- In family households: 35 (11 male householders, 0 female householders)
9 spouses, 15 children (15 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 0 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 5 2-persons, 6 4-persons,
293 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (24 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |