Bloom township, Osborne County, Kansas (KS)

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Bloom township, KS map Land area: 54.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 81 (all rural)

Males: 43	(53.1%)
Females: 38	(46.9%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 81 (56 owner occupied, 25 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	31%
State:	31%

Races in Bloom township:

White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%

Median age of males: 42.6
Median age of females: 43.5

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Average household size: 2.25

Bloom township:	2.3 people
Kansas:	2.5 people

Average family size: 2.91

Estimated median household income in 2007: $30,301 ($25,942 in 1999)

This township:	$30,301
Kansas:	$47,451

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $454 (lower quartile is $371, upper quartile is $526)

Here:	$454
State:	$479

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $96,394 (it was $62,300 in 2000)

Bloom township:	$96,394
Kansas:	$121,200

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $62,059 - $155,200

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $114,876
Here: $114,876
State: $157,252

Townhouses or other attached units: $61,677
Here: $61,677
State: $140,198

In 2-unit structures: $72,506
Here: $72,506
State: $121,931

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $59,049
Here: $59,049
State: $101,658

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $27,118
Here: $27,118
State: $102,831

Mobile homes: $21,854
Here: $21,854
State: $34,057

Population density: 1 people per square mile

(very low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	27.7%
Whole state:	9.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This township:	13.5%
Whole state:	4.1%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Number of foreign born residents: 406 (33% naturalized citizens)

Bloom township:	501.2%
State:	5.0%

53% of Bloom township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 78% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 27% lived in Kansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 10666
Northeast: 130
Midwest: 2176
South: 2751
West: 192

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $46,300

Bloom township, Kansas satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,696
One, attached: 180
Two: 147
3 or 4: 284
5 to 9: 512
10 to 19: 399
20 to 49: 148
50 or more: 198
Mobile homes: 532

Median worth of mobile homes: $16,400

Housing units in Bloom township with a mortgage: 1,787 (150 second mortgage, 278 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,231

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 227
1995 to 1998: 158
1990 to 1994: 121
1980 to 1989: 464
1970 to 1979: 1,245
1960 to 1969: 1,437
1950 to 1959: 1,533
1940 to 1949: 927
1939 or earlier: 984

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Bloom township, Kansas:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 82 3 rooms: 170 4 rooms: 565 5 rooms: 1,091 6 rooms: 910 7 rooms: 413 8 rooms: 261 9 or more rooms: 192

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bloom township, Kansas:
	1 room: 58 2 rooms: 316 3 rooms: 591 4 rooms: 658 5 rooms: 670 6 rooms: 275 7 rooms: 133 8 rooms: 64 9 or more rooms: 51

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Bloom township:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 192 2 bedrooms: 1,187 3 bedrooms: 1,856 4 bedrooms: 379 5 or more bedrooms: 70

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bloom township:
	no bedroom: 65 1 bedroom: 936 2 bedrooms: 1,026 3 bedrooms: 623 4 bedrooms: 143 5 or more bedrooms: 23

Cars and other vehicles available in Bloom township in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 210 1 vehicle: 1,357 2 vehicles: 1,436 3 vehicles: 535 4 vehicles: 93 5 or more vehicles: 53

Cars and other vehicles available in Bloom township in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 704 1 vehicle: 1,544 2 vehicles: 490 3 vehicles: 59 4 vehicles: 12 5 or more vehicles: 7

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Most common industries for males:

Transportation equipment (9%)
Construction (8%)
Metal and metal products (8%)
Machinery (7%)
Educational services (6%)
Public administration (4%)
Plastics and rubber products (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (11%)
Transportation equipment (9%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Educational services (7%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
Social assistance (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Assemblers and fabricators (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Cashiers (7%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Bloom township:

German (9.9%)
United States or American (5.5%)
Irish (4.5%)
African (3.7%)
English (2.7%)
Italian (2.2%)
Polish (1.4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (35%)
India (8%)
Germany (6%)
Poland (6%)
Canada (6%)
United Kingdom (4%)
Other Eastern Africa (4%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 4,619 (75%)
Carpooled: 1,167 (19%)
Bus or trolley bus: 38 (1%)
Taxi: 23 (0%)
Bicycle: 40 (1%)
Walked: 97 (2%)
Other means: 28 (0%)
Worked at home: 186 (3%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (68%) Electricity (19%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)

94.3% of residents of Bloom township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (62% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (45% speak English very well, 55% speak English well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 16,091

In family households: 13,180 (2,309 male householders, 1,843 female householders)
2,272 spouses, 5,377 children (5,006 natural, 117 adopted, 254 stepchildren), 529 grandchildren, 169 brothers or sisters, 66 parents, 204 other relatives, 411 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,911 (1,041 male householders (837 living alone)), 1,331 female householders (1,164 living alone)), 539 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 290 (162 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,779 2-persons, 1,020 3-persons, 741 4-persons, 370 5-persons, 148 6-persons, 94 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,001 1-person, 287 2-persons, 51 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 19 5-persons.

19 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 189

Here:	8.6%
Kansas:	11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 78

Here:	8.5%
Kansas:	7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 136

Here:	22.9%
Kansas:	13.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Bloom township:

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