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Statistics for Olsburg, Kansas.
Location
and Distance
Olsburg is situated on state highway 16, approximately 8 miles east
of US highway 77, and 13 miles west of US highway 99. It lies approximately
13 miles west of Westmoreland, the county seat and 20 miles north of
Manhattan and the US highway 24 corridor. Olsburg is approximately 28
miles north of Interstate highway 70. It is roughly 25 miles from Wamego,
60 miles from Topeka, 80 miles from Lawrence and 110 miles from Kansas
City.
Population
and Demographics
The population of Blue Valley Township, in which Olsburg lies, is 339.
The population was stable, growing 8/10ths of 1% during the decade 1990-2000.
The adjoining townships of Green and Shannon each grew by 17.5% during
the same time period. The population of the three townships combined
is 762.
The population of the City of Olsburg is 192 persons, equally divided
between male and female. The median age is 41.8 years. There are 151
people aged 18 and older (78.6%). There are 51 persons aged 65 and older
(26.6%)
Education
There are 136 persons aged 25 and older. 83.8% possess a high school
degree or higher level of education. 15.4 % have some college or an
Associate degree. 11.8% have a BA, advanced, or professional degree.
56 children aged 3 and above are enrolled in school.
Housing
and Valuation
Assessed valuation in Blue Valley Township is $1.7 million dollars,
an increase of 10.3% during the brief period of 1998-2001. Valuations
in adjoining Green township grew 13.3% and in Shannon Township 23% during
the same period.
The number of houses in Olsburg grew 11% from 1990-2000.
There are 85 total housing units, of which 80 are occupied (94.1%).
Average owner occupied household size is 2.38.
Employment
and Income
There are 158 persons aged 16 and above, of whom 94 are in the labor
force. Of those, all are employed. Mean travel time to work is 24.6
minutes.
Of the 94 persons in the labor force, 36 (38.3%) are employed in professional,
management, or service positions. 53 (56.4%) are employed in construction,
production, transportation and related positions.
Median household income is $37,969.
Median family income is $39,532.
Per capita income is $14,268.
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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.
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