Statistics for Blue Township & East Manhattan, Kansas.

Blue Township includes "East Manhattan" which is 100% commercial/industrial. The portion of Blue Township that lies exclusively in Pottawatomie County includes virtually all the residential areas in the township as well as some commercial/industrial.

The population of Blue Township grew 11.2% between 1990 - 2000.

Total population is 1802, almost evenly divided between males (900) and females (902). 1314 persons are 18 and older (72.9%) Persons 65 and over number 78 (8.3%) The median age is 36.4.

There are 691 households, of which 513 are family households (74.2%) Average household size is 2.61. Average family size is 3.01.

Housing:
There are 722 housing units, of which 691 (95.7%) are occupied. 595 of the occupied housing units are owner-occupied (86.1%)

Education:
488 children, aged 3 and over are enrolled in school.

There are 1172 persons aged 25 and older. Of them, 94.1% have high school degrees or more. 30.3% have some college. 6 % have an Associate degree, 20.6 % a BA, and 11.8% a graduate or professional degree.

Employment:
There are 1364 persons aged 16 and over. 1069 (78.4%) are in the labor force. Of them, only 39 are unemployed (2.9%). 14 are in the military.

A distinctive characteristic of the Blue Township labor force is that 527 (49%) are professional people in finance, real estate, insurance, scientific, management, administration, education, health, social services, public administration and/or related fields.

Income:
Median household income is $52,891. Median family income is $61,776. Per capita income is $22,302.

Valuation:
The housing count in the Township grew 17% between 1990 - 2000.

Assessed valuation in Blue Township (including the commercial/industrial areas in East Manhattan and the balance of the township) grew a robust 27.3% in the short period from 1998-2001 alone!

2001 assessed valuation was $13.6 million dollars.

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• Retail Pull Factors by County
• Vitality and Distress Rankings by County
• Population by Pottawatomie County Township
• Assessed Valuation for Pottawatomie County Townships
• Pottawatomie County Traffic Counts
• Housing by Pottawatomie County Township

Statistical Resources
KSU Agricultural Economics homepage contains reports on county and city economic strength, retail pull, and trade area capture.

KSU Office of Local Government's Situation and Trends reports by county contains a wealth of information on many subjects.

KU Public Research Institute (PRI) homepage. Go to the "Kansas Data" link. Census 2000 and Kansas data Reports are available, but better yet are the "Economic Data Summary Reports" and the "County Profile Reports."

Kansas Inc. conducts economic analysis of Kansas. Their better known publication is the County Vitality and Distress Report. Other reports are focused on public fund allocation and public policy.

The US Census offers a large quantity of data if you can find it within their vast site. The second link is to American Fact Finder, which is also concerned with the census but is organized differently. Good luck!

The Bureau of Economic Analysis home page contains state and regional data, but also contains measures of income on the county level.

Detailed information on the socioeconomic characteristics of Wamego can be found at this site.