Paola township, Miami County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 27.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 1,100 (18% urban, 82% rural)
| Males: 555 |  (50.5%) |
| Females: 545 |  (49.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,100 (986 owner occupied, 114 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Paola township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 96.5%
- Black: 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 1.3%
Median age of males: 39.4
Median age of females: 39.4
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Average household size: 2.82
| Paola township: | 2.8 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.09
| Paola township: | $58,882 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $584 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $164,145 (it was $116,400 in 2000)
| : | $164,145 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 40 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
Cities in this township include: Paola.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Paola township: Miami County Fairgrounds (A), Paola Wastewater Treatment Facility (B), Paola Golf Club (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Church in Paola township: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Holy Cross Cemetery (1), Miami County Poor Farm Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: South Wea Creek (A), Bell Branch (B), Walnut Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
72% of Paola township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 93% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 724
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 183
- South: 50
- West: 78
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
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: 382
- Mobile homes: 3
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 11
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Paola township with a mortgage: 156 (8 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 43
- Construction (29%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (9%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Public administration (14%)
- Construction (9%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (12%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Paola township:
- German (26.4%)
- United States or American (24.5%)
- English (13.3%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Scottish (6.0%)
- French (except Basque) (5.2%)
- Scandinavian (1.0%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 499 (86%)
- Carpooled: 52 (9%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 24 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Utility gas (21%)
- Wood (5%)
- No fuel used (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
99.3% of residents of Paola township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,047- In family households: 952 (299 male householders, 0 female householders)
271 spouses, 382 children (339 natural, 0 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 95 (35 male householders (35 living alone)), 54 female householders (48 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 112 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 100 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 83 1-person, 6 2-persons,
248 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (12 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 57
| Here: | 39.9% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18
| Here: | 15.3% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |