Ellis County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI
Ozone
SO2
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 28.4. This is about average.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 33.5. This is about average. Closest monitor was 23.7 miles away from the city center.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 0.884. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 23.7 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 13.2%
Average household size:
| This city: |  2.7 people | | Kansas: |  2.5 people |
| This city: | 78.2% | | Whole state: | 67.6% |
| This city: | 3.8% | | Whole state: | 4.1% |
Schoenchen compared to Kansas state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (82%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Other fuel (5%)
- Utility gas (4%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Ellis County Kansas:
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Religion statistics for Schoenchen:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 49.09%
| Here | | 49.1% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Presbyterian Church (USA) | LDS (Mormon) Church |
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| Adherents | 67.2% | 10.8% | 7.8% | 2.2% | 2.0% |
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| Congregations | 16.7% | 8.3% | 12.5% | 4.2% | 4.2% |
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| Name | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Southern Baptist Convention | Episcopal Church | Church of the Nazarene | Other |
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| Adherents | 1.9% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 4.2% |
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| Congregations | 4.2% | 8.3% | 8.3% | 4.2% | 29.2% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 4 | Ellis County: | 1.46 / 10,000 pop. | | Kansas: | 1.96 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.36 / 10,000 pop. | | Kansas: | 0.20 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | Ellis County: | 0.36 / 10,000 pop. | | Kansas: | 0.51 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 18 | Here: | 6.56 / 10,000 pop. | | Kansas: | 3.84 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 27 | Here: | 9.85 / 10,000 pop. | | Kansas: | 7.33 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Ellis County: | 7.7% | | State: | 8.1% |
Adult obesity rate: | Ellis County: | 28.8% | | State: | 27.9% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $200 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 19 | $375 |
| Sewerage |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $50 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 22 | $625 |
Schoenchen government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $8,000 ($37.04)
Solid Waste Management: $7,000 ($32.41)
- Current Operations - General - Other: $9,000 ($41.67)
Regular Highways: $9,000 ($41.67)
Solid Waste Management: $7,000 ($32.41)
Financial Administration: $5,000 ($23.15)
Sewerage: $3,000 ($13.89)
- General - Interest on Debt: $2,000 ($9.26)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $39,000 ($180.56)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $19,000 ($87.96)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $18,000 ($83.33)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $2,000 ($9.26)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $43,000 ($199.07)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $3,000 ($13.89)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $6,000 ($27.78)
General Support: $2,000 ($9.26)
- Tax - Property: $10,000 ($46.30)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $12,000 ($55.56)
8.16% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,234 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.16% | | Kansas average: | 7.39% |
0.22% of residents moved from foreign countries ($54 average AGI)| Ellis County: | 0.22% | | Kansas average: | 0.18% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
8.14% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,589 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.14% | | Kansas average: | 7.67% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Schoenchen:
- KAYS (1400 AM; 1 kW; HAYS, KS; Owner: EAGLE RADIO, INC.)
- KRVN (880 AM; 50 kW; LEXINGTON, NE; Owner: NEBRASKA RURAL RADIO ASSOCIATION)
- KVGB (1590 AM; 5 kW; GREAT BEND, KS; Owner: EAGLE RADIO INC.)
- KGYN (1210 AM; 50 kW; GUYMON, OK; Owner: TELNS BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KRMG (740 AM; 50 kW; TULSA, OK; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KFRM (550 AM; 5 kW; SALINA, KS; Owner: TAYLOR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KLTT (670 AM; 50 kW; COMMERCE CITY, CO; Owner: KLZ RADIO, INC.)
- KFAB (1110 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KOA (850 AM; 50 kW; DENVER, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
- KKAR (1290 AM; 50 kW; OMAHA, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KKZN (760 AM; 50 kW; THORNTON, CO; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING OF COLORADO, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Schoenchen:
- KJLS (103.3 FM; HAYS, KS; Owner: EAGLE RADIO, INC)
- KKQY (101.9 FM; HILL CITY, KS; Owner: EAGLE RADIO, INC)
- KHAZ (99.5 FM; HAYS, KS; Owner: EAGLE RADIO, INC.)
- KHCT (90.9 FM; GREAT BEND, KS; Owner: HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- KBGL (106.9 FM; LARNED, KS; Owner: HULL BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KZLS (107.9 FM; GREAT BEND, KS; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KHOK (100.7 FM; HOISINGTON, KS; Owner: EAGLE RADIO, INC.)
- KFIX (96.9 FM; PLAINVILLE, KS; Owner: HULL BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KVGB-FM (104.3 FM; GREAT BEND, KS; Owner: EAGLE RADIO, INC.)
- KPRD (88.9 FM; HAYS, KS; Owner: THE PRAISE NETWORK INC.)
- KZAN (91.7 FM; HAYS, KS; Owner: KANZA SOCIETY INC.)
- K242AL (96.3 FM; HAYS, KS; Owner: KANZA SOCIETY, INC.)
- KCAY (95.9 FM; RUSSELL, KS; Owner: WEST CENTRAL RADIO, INC.)
- K209BH (89.7 FM; HAYS, KS; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
TV broadcast stations around Schoenchen:
- KBSH-TV (Channel 7; HAYS, KS; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KOOD (Channel 9; HAYS, KS; Owner: SMOKY HILLS PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP.)
- KSNC (Channel 2; GREAT BEND, KS; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION OF WICHITA)
- KBDK (Channel 14; HOISINGTON, KS; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KSCC-LP (Channel 14; GREAT BEND, KS; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- K25CV (Channel 25; HAYS, KS; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - 3 Mi N (Lat: 38.750556 Lon: -99.333722), Call Sign: KNIS745, Licensee ID: L00126810
Assigned Frequencies: 173.390 MHz
Grant Date: 08/12/1998, Expiration Date: 08/12/2003, Cancellation Date: 10/12/2003, Certifier: William E Langley
Registrant: Jayhawk Pipeline LLC
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 2 - Call Sign: N0VJJ, Licensee ID: L00165341
Grant Date: 11/15/2002, Expiration Date: 02/02/2013, Certifier: John L Brady
Registrant: John L Brady, 213 Cheyenne, Schoenchen, KS 67667 - Call Sign: KC0KYI, Licensee ID: L00371101
Grant Date: 06/25/2001, Expiration Date: 06/25/2011, Certifier: June E Bell
Registrant: June E Bell, 213 Cheyenne, Schoenchen, KS 67667
| Most common first names in Schoenchen, KS among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Anna | 5 | 81.0 years |
| Mary | 5 | 82.6 years |
| John | 3 | 82.3 years |
| Carl | 2 | 72.5 years |
| Henry | 2 | 87.1 years |
| Alex | 2 | 80.1 years |
| William | 2 | 75.5 years |
| Most common last names in Schoenchen, KS among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| Werth | 19 | 75.5 years |
| Zimmerman | 5 | 76.0 years |
| Dinges | 4 | 85.7 years |
| Befort | 3 | 89.3 years |
| Gottschalk | 3 | 55.0 years |
| Lambrecht | 3 | 80.0 years |
| Unrein | 3 | 78.0 years |
| Bieker | 2 | 72.0 years |
| Dreher | 2 | 78.4 years |
| Haselhorst | 2 | 82.0 years |
Schoenchen on our top lists:
- #18 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers"
- #20 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Office supplies and stationery stores"
- #21 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers"
- #26 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Other financial specialists"
- #30 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers"
- #38 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks"
- #51 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest average wind speeds"
- #26 (67667) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of German Russian first ancestries"
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