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Population (year 2000): 5,836. Estimated population in July 2006: 6,653 (+14.0% change)
 

Males: 2,889  (49.5%)
Females: 2,947  (50.5%)

Sedgwick County

Median resident age:  33.2 years
Kansas median age:  35.2 years

Zip codes: 67220.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $67,400 (it was $66,937 in 2000)
Bel Aire  $67,400
Kansas:  $42,920

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $137,000 (it was $110,300 in 2000)
Bel Aire  $137,000
Kansas:  $107,800

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Races in Bel Aire:

  • White Non-Hispanic (84.0%)
  • Black (7.3%)
  • Hispanic (3.0%)
  • Two or more races (2.0%)
  • Other race (1.1%)
  • Other Asian (1.0%)
  • American Indian (0.9%)
  • Vietnamese (0.8%)
  • Chinese (0.8%)
  • Asian Indian (0.6%)

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Ancestries: German (31.7%), English (13.7%), Irish (9.6%), United States (9.3%), Swedish (5.4%), French (3.3%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated on 11/26/1980

Land area: 2.18 square miles.

Population density: 3015 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Bel Aire

  • High school or higher: 96.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 54.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 17.1%
  • Unemployed: 1.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 18.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Bel Aire city

  • Never married: 18.1%
  • Now married: 72.5%
  • Separated: 0.4%
  • Widowed: 3.5%
  • Divorced: 5.4%

103 residents are foreign born

This city:  1.8%
Kansas:  5.0%



According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Bel Aire, Kansas in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Bel Aire to the number of sex offenders is 6564 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is a lot smaller than the state average.

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

Bel Aire:  1.2% ($1,276)
Kansas:  1.2% ($999)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Wichita, KS (7.1 miles , pop. 344,284).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (344.9 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: Kechi, KS (2.3 miles ), Park City, KS (4.6 miles ), Eastborough, KS (5.4 miles ), Wichita, KS (7.1 miles ), Valley Center, KS (8.4 miles ), Andover, KS (10.2 miles ), Oaklawn-Sunview, KS (10.9 miles ), Benton, KS (11.0 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 84 buildings, average cost: $93,400
  • 1997: 110 buildings, average cost: $100,100
  • 1998: 96 buildings, average cost: $115,400
  • 1999: 113 buildings, average cost: $114,300
  • 2000: 73 buildings, average cost: $111,600
  • 2001: 55 buildings, average cost: $103,500
  • 2002: 58 buildings, average cost: $127,500
  • 2003: 31 buildings, average cost: $142,800
  • 2004: 26 buildings, average cost: $158,900
  • 2005: 39 buildings, average cost: $159,600
  • 2006: 26 buildings, average cost: $182,600

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Latitude: 37.76 N, Longitude: 97.27 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -2,094 (-35.9%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 258 (8.3%)


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Population change in the 1990s: +2,290 (+64.6%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Transportation equipment (25%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Construction (8%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Educational services (16%)
  • Health care (15%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Transportation equipment (5%)
  • Petroleum and coal products (5%)
  • Social assistance (5%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Engineers (12%)
  • Computer specialists (6%)
  • Postsecondary teachers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
  • Registered nurses (7%)
  • Accountants and auditors (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)


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Crime in Bel Aire by Year
Type 2004 2005 2006
Murders 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Rapes 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Robberies 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Assaults 433
    per 100,000 61.145.845.4
Burglaries 1327
    per 100,000 198.430.5106.0
Thefts 481132
    per 100,000 732.7167.9484.6
Auto thefts 351
    per 100,000 45.876.315.1
Arson 010
    per 100,000 0.015.30.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 117.2) 59.124.137.1

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 12 (11 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.68
US city average:  3.00

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Bel Aire-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Kansas state average. It is 141% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/26/1991, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 25.1 miles away from the Bel Aire city center killed 17 people and injured 225 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 5/3/1999, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 6.2 miles away from the city center killed 6 people and injured 150 people and caused $141 million in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Bel Aire:
  • GALICHIA HEART HOSPITAL LLC (about 2 miles; WICHITA, KS)
  • KANSAS HEART HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; WICHITA, KS)
  • KANSAS SURGERY & RECOVERY CENTER LP (about 3 miles; WICHITA, KS)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Bel Aire:
  • MC CONNELL AFB (about 11 miles; WICHITA, KS; ID: IAB)
  • WICHITA MID-CONTINENT (about 14 miles; WICHITA, KS; ID: ICT)
  • HUTCHINSON MUNI (about 45 miles; HUTCHINSON, KS; ID: HUT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bel Aire:
  • COLONEL JAMES JABARA (about 5 miles; WICHITA, KS; ID: AAO)
  • BEECH FACTORY (about 8 miles; WICHITA, KS; ID: BEC)
  • CESSNA ACFT FIELD (about 10 miles; WICHITA, KS; ID: CEA)

Local government website: www.belaire.org

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Bel Aire:
  • FRIENDS UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; WICHITA, KS; Full-time enrollment: 2,983)
  • WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 16 miles; WICHITA, KS; FT enrollment: 10,403)
  • BUTLER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles; EL DORADO, KS; FT enrollment: 4,250)
  • COWLEY COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 50 miles; ARKANSAS CITY, KS; FT enrollment: 2,392)
  • HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 50 miles; HUTCHINSON, KS; FT enrollment: 2,268)
  • EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 90 miles; EMPORIA, KS; FT enrollment: 4,528)
  • KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 110 miles; MANHATTAN, KS; FT enrollment: 19,210)

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • zip code also includes 67226

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Churches in Bel Aire include: Church of the Resurrection (A), Bel Aire Church of the Nazarene (B), Northeast Congregation Jehovahs Witnesses (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Bel Aire: Aurora Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Bel Aire and their reported violations in the past:

BEL AIRE, CITY OF (Population served: 6557, Purch_surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2000 and AUG-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (AUG-28-2000)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between OCT-19-1999 and NOV-12-1999, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (NOV-12-1999)
  • Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-01-1992 and MAR-10-1993, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAR-10-1993), St Intentional no-action (JUL-22-1993)

Average household size:
This city:  3.0 people
Kansas:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  81.9%
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: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  4.8%
Whole state:  9.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  2.7%
Whole state:  4.1%

Bel Aire compared to Kansas state average:
  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Sewerage 2$4,676$28,0560$0
Streets and Highways 1$2,644$31,7280$0
Water Supply 4$14,223$42,6690$0
Parks and Recreation 6$16,089$32,1783$1,275
Financial Administration 3$8,522$34,0880$0
Judicial and Legal 1$2,322$27,8643$1,731
Police Protection - Officers 10$28,975$34,7701$1,027
Police - Other 1$2,170$26,0400$0
Other Government Administration 5$19,567$46,9611$775
Totals for Government 33$99,187$36,0688$4,809


Bel Aire government finances in 2004:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $2,305,000
  • Charges - Sewerage: $782,000
    All Other: $83,000
  • Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $1,182,000
    Water Utilities: $1,135,000
    Sewerage: $749,000
    General - Other: $293,000
    Regular Highways: $187,000
    Financial Administration: $2,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $365,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $550,000
    Highways: $84,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $6,565,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $2,365,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $8,305,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $625,000
  • Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $1,077,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $152,000
    Interest Earnings: $49,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $149,000
    Central Staff: $68,000
    Police Protection: $35,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,293,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $1,003,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $536,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $173,000
    All Other: $22,000
  • Tax - Property: $599,000
    Public Utilities: $139,000
    NEC: $71,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $1,215,000

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 Bel Aire:
  • KQAM (1480 AM; 5 kW; WICHITA, KS; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • KFTI (1070 AM; 10 kW; WICHITA, KS; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • KFH (1330 AM; 5 kW; WICHITA, KS; Owner: ENTERCOM WICHITA LICENSE, LLC)
  • KMYR (1410 AM; 5 kW; WICHITA, KS; Owner: AGAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KNSS (1240 AM; 1 kW; WICHITA, KS; Owner: ENTERCOM WICHITA LICENSE, LLC)
  • KRMG (740 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • KSGL (900 AM; 0 kW; WICHITA, KS; Owner: AGAPE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KFAQ (1170 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KJRG (950 AM; 1 kW; NEWTON, KS)
  • KOMA (1520 AM; 50 kW; OKLAHOMA CITY, OK; Owner: RENDA BROADCASTING CORP. OF NEVADA)
  • KRVN (880 AM; 50 kW; LEXINGTON, NE; Owner: NEBRASKA RURAL RADIO ASSOCIATION)
  • KTBZ (1430 AM; 25 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Bel Aire:
  • KMUW (89.1 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • KEYN-FM (103.7 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: ENTERCOM WICHITA LICENSE, LLC)
  • KRZZ-FM (96.3 FM; DERBY, KS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • K218DR (91.5 FM; BELLAIRE, KS; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • KRBB (97.9 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KFDI-FM (101.3 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • KFBZ (105.3 FM; HAYSVILLE, KS; Owner: ENTERCOM WICHITA LICENSE, LLC)
  • 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)
  • KYQQ (106.5 FM; ARKANSAS CITY, KS; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • KDGS (93.9 FM; ANDOVER, KS; Owner: ENTERCOM WICHITA LICENSE, LLC)
  • KYFW (88.3 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • KMXW (92.3 FM; NEWTON, KS; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • KTLI (99.1 FM; EL DORADO, KS; Owner: ADONAI RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • KCFN (91.1 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • KFXJ (104.5 FM; AUGUSTA, KS; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • KHCC-FM (90.1 FM; HUTCHINSON, KS; Owner: HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY JR. COLLEGE)
  • KANR (92.7 FM; BELLE PLAINE, KS; Owner: DANIEL D. SMITH)
  • K261BL (100.1 FM; WICHITA, KS; Owner: WORD OF LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Bel Aire:
  • KTQW-LP (Channel 53; WICHITA, KS; Owner: KNOWLEDGE L.C.)
  • 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.)
  • KSNW (Channel 3; WICHITA, KS; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION OF WICHITA)
  • KSAS-TV (Channel 24; WICHITA, KS; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • KWCV (Channel 33; WICHITA, KS; Owner: WLBB BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
  • KAKE-TV (Channel 10; WICHITA, KS; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
  • KSCC (Channel 36; HUTCHINSON, KS; Owner: MERCURY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • KCTU-LP (Channel 55; WICHITA, KS; Owner: RIVER CITY BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • KSMI-LP (Channel 51; WICHITA, KS; Owner: RIVER CITY BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • 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.)

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