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Population (year 2000): 1,229. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,364 (+11.0% change)
 
Males: 612   (49.8%)
Females: 617   (50.2%)

Sedgwick County

Median resident age:   31.7 years
Kansas median age:   35.2 years

Zip codes: 67030 .

Estimated median household income in 2005: $51,700 (it was $51,346 in 2000)
Colwich   $51,700
Kansas:   $42,920

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $111,700 (it was $90,000 in 2000)
Colwich   $111,700
Kansas:   $107,800

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Colwich, KS residents, houses, and apartments details

 

Races in Colwich:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
  • Hispanic (0.8%)
  • Two or more races (0.6%)


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Ancestries: German (54.5%), Irish (8.7%), United States (4.5%), English (4.4%), French (2.8%), Scottish (2.0%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1380 feet

Land area: 0.74 square miles.

Population density: 1796 people per square mile 
 
 (low).




Colwich

For population 25 years and over in Colwich

  • High school or higher: 90.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.1%
  • Unemployed: 0.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 22.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Colwich city

  • Never married: 21.3%
  • Now married: 62.2%
  • Separated: 0.8%
  • Widowed: 8.5%
  • Divorced: 7.1%

2 residents are foreign born

This city:   0.2%
Kansas:   5.0%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Colwich:   1.1% ($963)
Kansas:   1.2% ($999)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Wichita, KS (15.4 miles , pop. 344,284).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (348.3 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: Maize, KS (5.1 miles ), Andale, KS (6.1 miles ), Bentley, KS (7.5 miles ), Goddard, KS (8.7 miles ), Mount Hope, KS (10.5 miles ), Valley Center, KS (12.2 miles ), Sedgwick, KS (12.4 miles ), Garden Plain, KS (12.8 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 6 buildings, average cost: $108,300
  • 1997: 8 buildings, average cost: $119,600
  • 1998: 7 buildings, average cost: $105,000
  • 1999: 8 buildings, average cost: $141,100
  • 2000: 10 buildings, average cost: $137,900
  • 2001: 4 buildings, average cost: $132,500
  • 2002: 7 buildings, average cost: $139,400
  • 2003: 14 buildings, average cost: $109,600
  • 2004: 13 buildings, average cost: $106,400
  • 2005: 10 buildings, average cost: $120,600
  • 2006: 7 buildings, average cost: $103,900

Number of permits per 10,000 residents


Average cost (in 1000s)


Latitude: 37.78 N, Longitude: 97.54 W


52 people in nursing homes

Population change in the 1990s: +100 (+8.9%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (19%)
  • Transportation equipment (14%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)
  • Machinery (3%)
  • Accommodation and food services (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (19%)
  • Educational services (15%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Social assistance (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Transportation equipment (4%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)


Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 3 (3 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:   2.25
US city average:   3.00

Average climate in Colwich, Kansas

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Colwich-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Kansas state average. It is 145% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/26/1991, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 21.9 miles away from the Colwich city center killed 17 people and injured 225 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 3/13/1990, a category 5 tornado 26.7 miles away from the city center killed one person and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


Birthplace of: Jimmy Wegerer - College football player (Southern Illinois Salukis).


Hospitals/medical centers near Colwich:
  • WESLEY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; WICHITA, KS)
  • VIA CHRISTI RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER (about 12 miles; WICHITA, KS)
  • HERTLER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles; HALSTEAD, KS)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Colwich:
  • WICHITA MID-CONTINENT (about 14 miles; WICHITA, KS; ID: ICT)
  • MC CONNELL AFB (about 23 miles; WICHITA, KS; ID: IAB)
  • HUTCHINSON MUNI (about 29 miles; HUTCHINSON, KS; ID: HUT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Colwich:
  • MAIZE (about 8 miles; WICHITA/MAIZE/, KS; ID: 70K)
  • RIVERSIDE (about 11 miles; WICHITA, KS; ID: K32)
  • WESTPORT (about 15 miles; WICHITA, KS; ID: 71K)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Colwich:
  • WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles; WICHITA, KS; Full-time enrollment: 10,403)
  • FRIENDS UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; WICHITA, KS; FT enrollment: 2,983)
  • HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 32 miles; HUTCHINSON, KS; FT enrollment: 2,268)
  • BUTLER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 47 miles; EL DORADO, KS; FT enrollment: 4,250)
  • COWLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 62 miles; ARKANSAS CITY, KS; FT enrollment: 2,392)
  • BARTON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 96 miles; GREAT BEND, KS; FT enrollment: 2,268)
  • EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 106 miles; EMPORIA, KS; FT enrollment: 4,528)
Public elementary/middle schools in Colwich:
  • COLWICH ELEM (Students: 344; Location: 401 SOUTH MARION; Grades: KG - 08)
  • ST MARKS ELEM (Students: 333; Location: 19001 W 29TH ST. NORTH; Grades: KG - 08)
Library in Colwich:
  • COLWICH COMMUNITY LIBRARY (Operating income: $49,502; Location: 432 W. COLWICH, P.O. BOX 8; 10,630 books; 130 audio materials; 13 video materials; 55 serial subscriptions)

 
Drinking water stations with addresses in Colwich that have no violations reported:
  • COLWICH, CITY OF (Address: PO BOX 158, Population served: 1328, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This city:   3.1 people
Kansas:   2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:   83.8%
Whole state:   67.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:   1.6%
Whole state:   4.1%

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

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:   2.3%
Whole state:   9.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:   0.0%
Whole state:   4.1%

Colwich compared to Kansas state average:

  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
Banks with branches in Colwich (2007 data):
  • Legacy Bank: at Main Street, branch established on 1886-02-22. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $170.6 mil, Deposits: $135.7 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Colwich Financial Corporation



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2004 Presidential Election results in Sedgwick County Kansas:




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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration 0 $0   1 $740
Other Government Administration 1 $3,888 $46,656 6 $594
Judicial and Legal 0 $0   3 $900
Firefighters 0 $0   3 $424
Streets and Highways 2 $5,286 $31,716 0 $0
Water Supply 0 $0   1 $1,680
Local Libraries 1 $4,456 $53,472 1 $768
Police Protection - Officers 3 $7,522 $30,088 0 $0
Totals for Government 7 $21,152 $36,261 15 $5,106


Colwich government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $116,000
  • Current Operations - General - Other: $512,000
    Financial Administration: $161,000
    Sewerage: $54,000
    Regular Highways: $54,000
    Libraries: $38,000
    Parks & Recreation: $2,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $113,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $179,000
    Highways: $45,000
    All Other: $23,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $3,845,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,690,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $705,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $3,787,000
    Other, NEC: $852,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $133,000
    Water Utilities: $58,000
  • Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $111,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $109,000
    Interest Earnings: $44,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $70,000
    Sewerage: $9,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $239,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $29,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $33,000
    Highways: $10,000
  • Tax - Property: $422,000
    Public Utilities: $57,000
    NEC: $10,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $194,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $231,000

5.21% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,747 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   5.21%
Kansas average:   7.39%

0.19% of residents moved from foreign countries ($751 average AGI)
Sedgwick County:   0.19%
Kansas average:   0.18%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Butler County, KS  0.48% ($35,572 average AGI)
from Sumner County, KS  0.19% ($32,218)
from Harvey County, KS  0.18% ($34,868)


5.20% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($43,461 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   5.20%
Kansas average:   7.67%

0.10% of residents moved to foreign countries ($562 average AGI)
Sedgwick County:   0.10%
Kansas average:   0.08%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Butler County, KS  0.48% ($51,024 average AGI)
to Johnson County, KS  0.24% ($45,354)
to Sumner County, KS  0.14% ($37,277)


Strongest AM radio stations in Colwich:
  • KFTI (1070 AM; 10 kW; WICHITA, KS; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • KMYR (1410 AM; 5 kW; WICHITA, KS; Owner: AGAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KQAM (1480 AM; 5 kW; WICHITA, KS; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • KFH (1330 AM; 5 kW; WICHITA, KS; Owner: ENTERCOM WICHITA LICENSE, LLC)
  • KRMG (740 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • KNSS (1240 AM; 1 kW; WICHITA, KS; Owner: ENTERCOM WICHITA LICENSE, LLC)
  • KSGL (900 AM; 0 kW; WICHITA, KS; Owner: AGAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KFAQ (1170 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • KOMA (1520 AM; 50 kW; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORP. OF NEVADA)
  • WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KJRG (950 AM; 1 kW; NEWTON, KS)
  • KRVN (880 AM; 50 kW; LEXINGTON, NE; Owner: NEBRASKA RURAL RADIO ASSOCIATION)
  • KCRC (1390 AM; 10 kW; ENID, OK; Owner: CHISHOLM TRAIL BROADCASTING CO.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Colwich:
  • KFDI-FM (101.3 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • KZSN (102.1 FM; HUTCHINSON, KS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KICT-FM (95.1 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • KKRD (107.3 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KRBB (97.9 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KFBZ (105.3 FM; HAYSVILLE, KS; Owner: ENTERCOM WICHITA LICENSE, LLC)
  • KEYN-FM (103.7 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: ENTERCOM WICHITA LICENSE, LLC)
  • KHCC-FM (90.1 FM; HUTCHINSON, KS; Owner: HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY JR. COLLEGE)
  • KRZZ-FM (96.3 FM; DERBY, KS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KMXW (92.3 FM; NEWTON, KS; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • KMUW (89.1 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • KYQQ (106.5 FM; ARKANSAS CITY, KS; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • KCFN (91.1 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • KANR (92.7 FM; BELLE PLAINE, KS; Owner: DANIEL D. SMITH)
  • KDGS (93.9 FM; ANDOVER, KS; Owner: ENTERCOM WICHITA LICENSE, LLC)
  • KFH-FM (98.7 FM; CLEARWATER, KS; Owner: ENTERCOM WICHITA LICENSE, LLC)
  • KCVW (94.3 FM; KINGMAN, KS; Owner: COMMUNITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KSKU (97.1 FM; HUTCHINSON, KS; Owner: AD ASTRA PER ASPERA BROADCASTING, IN)
  • K218DR (91.5 FM; BELLAIRE, KS; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KYFW (88.3 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Colwich:
  • KAKE-TV (Channel 10; WICHITA, KS; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
  • KSNW (Channel 3; WICHITA, KS; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION OF WICHITA)
  • KWCV (Channel 33; WICHITA, KS; Owner: WLBB BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
  • KSAS-TV (Channel 24; WICHITA, KS; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KCTU-LP (Channel 55; WICHITA, KS; Owner: RIVER CITY BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • KSMI-LP (Channel 51; WICHITA, KS; Owner: RIVER CITY BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • KSCC (Channel 36; HUTCHINSON, KS; Owner: MERCURY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • KTQW-LP (Channel 53; WICHITA, KS; Owner: KNOWLEDGE L.C.)
  • KWCH-TV (Channel 12; HUTCHINSON, KS; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • KPTS (Channel 8; HUTCHINSON, KS; Owner: KANSAS PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE, INC.)
  • KFVT-LP (Channel 40; WICHITA, KS; Owner: LOCKE SUPPLY CO.)
  • K59DA (Channel 59; WICHITA, KS; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • K15DD (Channel 15; WICHITA, KS; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)

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