Lowell township, Cherokee County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 12.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 672 (all rural)
| Males: 353 |  (52.5%) |
| Females: 319 |  (47.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 672 (583 owner occupied, 89 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 13% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Lowell township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 91.1%
- Black: 0.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 2.2%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 3.9%
Median age of males: 37.5
Median age of females: 37.3
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Average household size: 2.65
| Lowell township: | 2.6 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Lowell township: | $42,539 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $379 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $72,325 (it was $48,400 in 2000)
| : | $72,325 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $98,467
Here: $98,467 State: $166,141
Townhouses or other attached units: $34,770
Here: $34,770 State: $137,909
Mobile homes: $43,452
Here: $43,452 State: $39,479
| Population density: 52 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 10.6% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
| This township: | 1.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Stevenson Cemetery (1), Boston Mills - Cox Cemetery (2), Hillcrest Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Spring Branch (A), Shawnee Creek (B), Short Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
68% of Lowell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 0% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 164
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 319
- South: 89
- West: 33
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $9,999
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 249
- Two: 6
- Mobile homes: 30
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Lowell township with a mortgage: 68 (8 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 62
- Truck transportation (12%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Health care (8%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (16%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (8%)
- Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores (6%)
- Other direct selling establishments (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (13%)
- Registered nurses (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lowell township:
- German (24.2%)
- English (21.9%)
- Irish (17.9%)
- Italian (7.0%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
- Swedish (3.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 356 (97%)
- Carpooled: 12 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (68%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Wood (5%)
95.8% of residents of Lowell township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 621- In family households: 567 (193 male householders, 19 female householders)
189 spouses, 161 children (143 natural, 0 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 54 (31 male householders (31 living alone)), 23 female householders (23 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 115 2-persons, 38 3-persons, 48 4-persons, 11 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 54 1-person,
140 married couples with children.
21 single-parent households (7 men, 14 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% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |