Jefferson County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
PM10
Ozone
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 23.5. This is better than average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 16.3. This is better than average. There were 22 monitors within city limits.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 27.7. This is about average. Closest monitor was 16.9 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Winchester and their reported violations in the past:
JEFFERSON CO RWD 12 (Population served: 2360, Purch_surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2000 and JUL-07-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-07-2000)
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-01-1993 and JAN-18-1994, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JAN-18-1994)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 12.4%
(13.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.3 people | | Kansas: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 61.1% | | Whole state: | 66.2% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 2.9% | | Whole state: | 4.1% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Winchester, KS
42 people in nursing homes
Winchester compared to Kansas state average:
- Median house value significantly 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.
- House age above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Winchester (2011 data):
- Kendall State Bank: Winchester Branch at 301 Delaware, branch established on 1988/01/25. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $31.5 mil, Deposits: $29.2 mil, headquarters in Valley Falls, KS, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Northeast Kansas Bancshares, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Jefferson County Kansas:
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Religion statistics for Winchester (based on Jefferson County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 39.38%
| Here |  | 39.4% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | American Baptist Churches in the USA | Lutheran Church |
| Adherents | 33.4% | 32.6% | 10.1% | 5.4% | 4.4% |
| Congregations | 31.3% | 15.6% | 15.6% | 3.1% | 3.1% |
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| Name | Church of the Nazarene | Southern Baptist Convention | Evangelical Free Church of America | Assemblies of God | Other |
| Adherents | 2.8% | 2.4% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 5.9% |
| Congregations | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 18.8% |
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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: 7 | Jefferson County: | 3.80 / 10,000 pop. | | Kansas: | 1.96 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2 | Jefferson County: | 1.08 / 10,000 pop. | | Kansas: | 0.51 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 13 | Here: | 7.05 / 10,000 pop. | | Kansas: | 3.84 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 9 | Here: | 4.88 / 10,000 pop. | | Kansas: | 7.33 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Jefferson County: | 8.4% | | State: | 8.1% |
Adult obesity rate: | Jefferson County: | 29.9% | | 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 | | 1 | $294 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $2,983 | $35,796 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $370 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $1,424 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $4,176 | $50,112 | 1 | $402 |
| Local Libraries |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $1,589 |
| Totals for Government |
2 | $7,159 | $42,954 | 10 | $4,079 |
Winchester government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $49,000 ($88.93)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $90,000 ($163.34)
Financial Administration: $62,000 ($112.52)
Regular Highways: $55,000 ($99.82)
Sewerage: $26,000 ($47.19)
Police Protection: $25,000 ($45.37)
General - Other: $23,000 ($41.74)
Solid Waste Management: $20,000 ($36.30)
Libraries: $7,000 ($12.70)
Parks & Recreation: $4,000 ($7.26)
- General - Interest on Debt: $11,000 ($19.96)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $19,000 ($34.48)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $312,000 ($566.24)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $288,000 ($522.69)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $24,000 ($43.56)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $7,000 ($12.70)
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $5,000 ($9.07)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $142,000 ($257.71)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $102,000 ($185.12)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $19,000 ($34.48)
General Support: $14,000 ($25.41)
- Tax - Property: $65,000 ($117.97)
Public Utilities: $20,000 ($36.30)
NEC: $15,000 ($27.22)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $50,000 ($90.74)
7.02% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,164 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.02% | | Kansas average: | 7.39% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
8.43% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,247 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.43% | | 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 Winchester:
- WHB (810 AM; 50 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KKHK (1250 AM; 25 kW; KANSAS CITY, KS)
- KKLO (1410 AM; 5 kW; LEAVENWORTH, KS; Owner: CHARA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KCMO (710 AM; 10 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: SUSQUEHANNA KANSAS CITY PARTNERSHIP)
- WIBW (580 AM; 5 kW; TOPEKA, KS; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
- KMAJ (1440 AM; 5 kW; TOPEKA, KS; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KCSP (610 AM; 5 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: ENTERCOM KANSAS CITY LICENSE, LLC)
- KXTR (1660 AM; 10 kW; KANSAS CITY, KS; Owner: ENTERCOM KANSAS CITY LICENSE, LLC)
- KFEQ (680 AM; 5 kW; ST. JOSEPH, MO; Owner: EAGLE RADIO, INC.)
- KCCV (760 AM; daytime; 6 kW; OVERLAND PARK, KS; Owner: BOTT BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KOIL (1020 AM; 50 kW; PLATTSMOUTH, NE; Owner: WAITT RADIO, INC.)
- KMBZ (980 AM; 5 kW; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: ENTERCOM KANSAS CITY LICENSE, LLC)
- KCTE (1510 AM; daytime; 10 kW; INDEPENDENCE, MO; Owner: UNION BROADCASTING, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Winchester:
- KLZR (105.9 FM; LAWRENCE, KS; Owner: ZIMMER RADIO OF MID-MISSOURI, INC)
- KKJO-FM (105.5 FM; ST. JOSEPH, MO; Owner: EAGLE RADIO, INC)
- KANU (91.5 FM; LAWRENCE, KS; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS)
- WIBW-FM (94.5 FM; TOPEKA, KS; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
- KFKF-FM (94.1 FM; KANSAS CITY, KS; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- KMAJ-FM (107.7 FM; TOPEKA, KS; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KTPK (106.9 FM; TOPEKA, KS; Owner: KANSAS CAPITAL BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KZPL (97.3 FM; LEE'S SUMMIT, MO; Owner: UNION FIRST BROADCASTING, LLC)
- KCHZ (95.7 FM; OTTAWA, KS; Owner: SYNCOM RADIO CORPORATION)
- KCMO-FM (94.9 FM; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: SUSQUEHANNA KANSAS CITY PARTNERSHIP)
- KNZA (103.9 FM; HIAWATHA, KS; Owner: KNZA, INC.)
- WDAF-FM (106.5 FM; LIBERTY, MO; Owner: ENTERCOM KANSAS CITY LICENSE, LLC)
- KSRC (102.1 FM; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
- KUDL (98.1 FM; KANSAS CITY, KS; Owner: ENTERCOM KANSAS CITY LICENSE, LLC)
- KQRC-FM (98.9 FM; LEAVENWORTH, KS; Owner: ENTERCOM KANSAS CITY LICENSE, LLC)
- KRBZ (96.5 FM; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: ENTERCOM KANSAS CITY LICENSE, LLC)
- KYYS (99.7 FM; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: ENTERCOM KANSAS CITY LICENSE, LLC)
- KJTY (88.1 FM; TOPEKA, KS; Owner: JOY PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KDVV (100.3 FM; TOPEKA, KS; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KMXV (93.3 FM; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Winchester:
- KTWU (Channel 11; TOPEKA, KS; Owner: WASHBURN UNIVERSITY OF TOPEKA)
- KSNT (Channel 27; TOPEKA, KS; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION OF TOPEKA)
- KTKA-TV (Channel 49; TOPEKA, KS; Owner: NORTHEAST KANSAS BROADCAST SERVICE, INC.)
- KCTV (Channel 5; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
- KMBC-TV (Channel 9; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: KMBC HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
- KTAJ (Channel 16; ST. JOSEPH, MO; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- KSHB-TV (Channel 41; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: SCRIPPS HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KCPT (Channel 19; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: PUBLIC TELEVISION 19, INC.)
- KCWE (Channel 29; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: KCWE-TV, INC.)
- WDAF-TV (Channel 4; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: WDAF LICENSE, INC.)
- KSMO-TV (Channel 62; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: KSMO LICENSEE, INC.)
- KPXE (Channel 50; KANSAS CITY, MO; Owner: PAXSON KANSAS CITY LICENSE, INC.)
- WIBW-TV (Channel 13; TOPEKA, KS; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
- KMCI (Channel 38; LAWRENCE, KS; Owner: SCRIPPS HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KTMJ-CA (Channel 43; TOPEKA, KS; Owner: MONTGOMERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KUJH-LP (Channel 14; LAWRENCE, KS; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS)
- K21AP (Channel 55; TOPEKA, KS; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3 - 6 1/8 Mi N Hwy 24 On Old Hwy 75 & 1000 E (Lat: 39.325833 Lon: -95.275250), Call Sign: WGT592
Assigned Frequencies: 467.950 MHz, 467.975 MHz, 468.000 MHz, 468.025 MHz, 468.050 MHz, 468.075 MHz, 468.100 MHz, 468.125 MHz, 468.150 MHz, 468.175 MHz Grant Date: 09/23/1995, Expiration Date: 10/18/2000, Cancellation Date: 12/24/2000
Registrant: Jefferson County Ambulance Service, 507 Delaware, Oskalooa, KS 66066, Phone: (913) 863-2351 - Water Standpipe 1/4 Mi E On Ks192 (Lat: 39.323611 Lon: -95.257750), Structure height: 38 m, Call Sign: WGQ284, Licensee ID: L00100063
Assigned Frequencies: 154.478 MHz Grant Date: 08/28/1996, Expiration Date: 10/04/2001, Cancellation Date: 03/10/2002
Registrant: Jefferson County Rwd 12, Drawer C, Winchester, KS 66097, Phone: (913) 774-2872 - Lat: 39.301361 Lon: -95.208083, Call Sign: WPYU532
Assigned Frequencies: 463.287 MHz Grant Date: 10/30/2003, Expiration Date: 10/30/2013, Certifier: Mary V Sanders
Registrant: Tfmcomm, Inc., 125 S.W. Jackson, Topeka, KS 66603, Phone: (785) 233-2343, Fax: (785) 234-6848
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3 - Call Sign: WA0BRQ, Licensee ID: L00233185
Grant Date: 02/20/1997, Expiration Date: 02/20/2007, Cancellation Date: 08/17/2002, Certifier: Armand D Sanders
Registrant: Armand D Sanders, 19105 142nd St, Winchester, KS 66097 - Call Sign: KC0IQT, Licensee ID: L00278080
Grant Date: 08/17/2000, Expiration Date: 08/17/2010, Certifier: William A Burton
Registrant: William A Burton, 13672 Washington Rd, Winchester, KS 66097 - Call Sign: WB0P, Previous Call Sign: WA0BRQ, Licensee ID: L00233185
Grant Date: 08/17/2002, Expiration Date: 08/17/2012, Certifier: Armand D Sanders
Registrant: Armand D Sanders, 19105 142nd St, Winchester, KS 66097
FAA Registered Aircraft: 4 - Aircraft: AERO COMMANDER 100-180 (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 3745X , Serial Number: 5056, Year manufactured: 1968, Airworthiness Date: 06/20/1968
Registrant (Individual): Patrick J Noll, 19238 K192 Hwy, Winchester, KS 66097 - Aircraft: JIHLAVAN AIRPLANES SRO KP 5 ASA (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL) (4 Cycle)
N-Number: 39KP , Serial Number: 5122138 L, Year manufactured: 2006, Airworthiness Date: 08/14/2006
Registrant (Corporation): Sandav LLC, 19105 142nd St, Winchester, KS 66097 - Aircraft: LAISTER SAILPLANE PRODUCTS LP-49 (Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 112 mph), Engine: None
N-Number: 49LE , Serial Number: 47K, Year manufactured: 1975, Airworthiness Date: 04/01/1975
Registrant (Individual): LLC Sandav, 19105 142nd St, Winchester, KS 66097 - Aircraft: MOONEY M20C (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 127 mph), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 9104V , Serial Number: 690014, Year manufactured: 1969
Registrant (Individual): Joseph E Wallace, 408 Walnut St, Winchester, KS 66097
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - Winchester
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| Most common first names in Winchester, KS among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Charles | 15 | 79.7 years |
| William | 13 | 78.1 years |
| John | 10 | 73.3 years |
| Robert | 9 | 62.9 years |
| George | 9 | 70.9 years |
| Anna | 8 | 87.8 years |
| Mary | 7 | 87.7 years |
| Dorothy | 7 | 85.8 years |
| Paul | 6 | 83.6 years |
| Florence | 6 | 79.2 years |
| Most common last names in Winchester, KS among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Noll | 15 | 81.9 years |
| Meyer | 8 | 82.6 years |
| Domann | 8 | 80.5 years |
| Wistuba | 7 | 85.1 years |
| Everett | 7 | 78.3 years |
| Allen | 7 | 64.0 years |
| Barnes | 5 | 75.0 years |
| Hiebsch | 5 | 82.0 years |
| Coppinger | 5 | 89.6 years |
| Curry | 5 | 82.4 years |
Winchester on our top lists:
- #24 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Supervisors, construction and extraction workers"
- #43 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Clothing and clothing accessories, including shoe, stores"
- #74 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Other financial specialists"
- #74 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers"
- #96 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Personal care and service occupations:"
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