Stranger township, Leavenworth County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Land area: 48.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 2,451 (7% urban, 93% rural)
| Males: 1,256 |  (51.2%) |
| Females: 1,195 |  (48.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 2,451 (2,217 owner occupied, 234 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 10% |
| State: | 31% |
Races in Stranger township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.9%
- Black: 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 1.6%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
Median age of males: 38.8
Median age of females: 39.5
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Average household size: 2.79
| Stranger township: | 2.8 people |
| Kansas: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.07
| Stranger township: | $68,266 |
| Kansas: | $50,972 |
| Here: | $728 |
| State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $169,000 (it was $101,600 in 2000)
| : | $169,000 |
| Kansas: | $129,700 |
| Population density: 50 people per square mile | (average). |
| This township: | 7.9% |
| Whole state: | 9.9% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Stranger Township Volunteer Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Impel Cemetery (1), Holy Angels Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creeks: Little Stranger Creek (A), Hog Creek (B), Little Sandy Creek (C), Tonganoxie Creek (D), Jarbalo Creek (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
90% of Stranger township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% 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: 99
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 2
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 41
- Mobile homes: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $95,000
Housing units in Stranger township with a mortgage: 3 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6
- Construction (15%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Rail transportation (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Registered nurses (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Customer service representatives (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Stranger township:
- Dutch (53.7%)
- German (41.1%)
- Norwegian (4.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 33 (67%)
- Worked at home: 16 (33%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (66%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Electricity (13%)
99.0% of residents of Stranger township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 101- In family households: 93 (27 male householders, 0 female householders)
28 spouses, 38 children (35 natural, 0 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 8 (7 male householders (7 living alone)), 1 female householders (1 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 10 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 8 1-person,
561 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (24 men, 32 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 40.9% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 40.0% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |