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Population (year 2000): 338. Estimated
population in July 2005: 292 (-13.6% change)
Males: 153 (45.3%), Females: 185 (54.7%)
Ness County
Zip code:
67572
Median resident age: 47.0 years
Median household income: $31,771 (year 2000)
Median house value: $41,800 (year 2000)
Races in Ransom:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.4%)
- Hispanic (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (37.3%), United States
(7.1%), English (5.6%), Irish (4.7%), Swedish (2.4%),
Scotch-Irish (1.8%).
Elevation: 2511 feet
Land area: 0.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ransom
- High school or higher: 91.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 8.1%
- Unemployed: 0.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 10.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ransom city
- Never married: 16.7%
- Now married: 61.1%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 11.3%
- Divorced: 10.1%
0.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -46 (-12.0%).
Hospital/medical center in Ransom:
- GRISELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT 1 (210
SOUTH VERMONT PO BOX 268)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Ransom:
- NESS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT #2 (about 14 miles;
NESS CITY, KS)
- TREGO COUNTY-LEMKE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 27
miles; WAKEENEY, KS)
- GOVE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 35 miles; QUINTER, KS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ransom:
- HAYS RGNL (about 49 miles; HAYS, KS; ID: HYS)
- DODGE CITY REGIONAL (about 61 miles; DODGE CITY, KS;
ID: DDC)
- GARDEN CITY REGIONAL (about 74 miles; GARDEN CITY,
KS; ID: GCK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ransom:
- NESS CITY MUNI (about 12 miles; NESS CITY, KS; ID:
48K)
- TREGO WAKEENEY (about 26 miles; WAKEENEY, KS; ID:
0H1)
- DIGHTON (about 39 miles; DIGHTON, KS; ID: K65)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ransom:
- FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 46 miles; HAYS,
KS; Full-time enrollment: 4,572)
- BARTON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 82 miles;
GREAT BEND, KS; FT enrollment: 2,268)
- HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 145 miles;
HUTCHINSON, KS; FT enrollment: 2,268)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY (about 164 miles;
KEARNEY, NE; FT enrollment: 5,588)
- WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 182 miles; WICHITA,
KS; FT enrollment: 10,403)
- CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 183 miles; GRAND
ISLAND, NE; FT enrollment: 3,730)
- FRIENDS UNIVERSITY (about 190 miles; WICHITA, KS; FT
enrollment: 2,983)
Public high school in Ransom:
- RANSOM JR/SR HIGH (Students: 61; Location: 1
LONGHORN DRIVE; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Ransom:
- RANSOM ELEM (Students: 62; Location: 311 W.
OGDEN; Grades: KG - 06)
Library in Ransom:
- RANSOM PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$18,690; Location: PO BOX 263/411 S VERMONT; 6,091
books; 184 audio materials; 739 video materials; 33
serial subscriptions)
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