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Demographics

People

Total Population	345
Male Share of the Population	46.7%
Female Share of the Population	53.3%
Senior Citizens	30.4%
Employed Population 16+	166
Age of the Population	53

Families

% of people married	67.4%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	6.5%
Median Earnings25+	$27,885
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$0
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$25,625

Wealth

Median Family Income	$56,591
% Above Poverty Level	95.4%
% Below Poverty Level	4.6%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	9 minutes
% Working from Home	2.4%
% Walking and Biking to Work	2.4%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	36.6%
Median Gross Rent	$538
Median House Value	$55,000

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	13%
Irish	12.8%
English	9.6%
French Except Basque	4.6%
Italian	2.9%
Swedish	2.3%
Russian	1.4%
Polish	1.4%
German	1.4%
Czech	1.4%
Swiss	1.2%
Scottish	1.2%
Canadian	0.6%
Dutch	0.6%
Welsh	0.3%
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Ransom Almanac

Category	Value
County	Ness County
Standard Zip Codes	67572
Phone Area Codes	785
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	38.63
Approximate Longitude	-99.93

Ransom Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	NESS CITY
Distance	12.9 miles
Jan Temp	14 to 42 F
Apr Temp	38 to 67 F
Jul Temp	65 to 93 F
Oct Temp	39 to 72 F
Annual Precip	22.1 inches

Station	WAKEENEY
Distance	27.6 miles
Jan Temp	16 to 40 F
Apr Temp	39 to 66 F
Jul Temp	65 to 93 F
Oct Temp	41 to 70 F
Annual Precip	23.6 inches

Station	HAYS 1 S
Distance	36.1 miles
Jan Temp	15 to 39 F
Apr Temp	40 to 66 F
Jul Temp	66 to 92 F
Oct Temp	41 to 70 F
Annual Precip	22.6 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Bazine	339	$50,000
McCracken	202	$48,676
Ness City	1,512	$63,906
Utica	127	$55,625

Ransom Public Libraries

Ransom Public Library
411 S. VERMONT
Ransom, Kansas
(785) 731-2855

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Ransom Hospitals

Grisell Memorial Hospital Ltcu
330 S Vermont Po Box 268

Grisell Memorial Hospital
(Government - District/authority)
210 South Vermont Avenue
(785) 7312231

Ransom Public Schools

Western Plains High
100 School St.
ZIP: 67572
(785) 731-2352
High
Total Enrollment 48

Western Plains North Elem
100 School St.
ZIP: 67572
(785) 731-2352
Primary
Total Enrollment 24

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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