Goddard, Kansas Goddard, Kansas Location inside Sedgwick County and Kansas Location inside Sedgwick County and Kansas Goddard is a town/city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, and a suburb of Wichita.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 4,344. In 1883, Ezekiel Wilder purchased farmland on the prepared stockyards of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway south of Blendon, Kansas, approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of Wichita. There, he established the town of Goddard with respect to J.
Goddard, former third vice-president of the ATSF Railway. The barns reached Goddard in 1884, and a postal service was established there the same year.
In recent decades as Wichita has period westward, a burgeoning number of commuters have settled in Goddard, transforming it from a non-urban agricultural improve into a suburb.
Goddard is positioned at 37 39 35 N 97 34 27 W (37.659706, -97.574271) at an altitude of 1,463 feet (446 m). Goddard lies on U.S.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.49 square miles (11.63 km2), of which, 4.43 square miles (11.47 km2) is territory and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) is water. Goddard is part of the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 4,344 citizens , 1,442 homeholds, and 1,124 families residing in the city.
There were 1,442 homeholds of which 49.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 63.5% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 22.1% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 29.5 years.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $65,139, and the median income for a family was $66,533.
The per capita income for the town/city was $22,095.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,037 citizens , 666 homeholds, and 534 families residing in the city.
There were 666 homeholds out of which 49.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 64.4% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 19.8% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 33.4% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $50,352, and the median income for a family was $53,690.
The per capita income for the town/city was $18,957.
The cost of living in Goddard is mostly low; compared to a U.S.
Average of 100, the cost of living index for the town/city is 84.5. As of 2012, the median home value in the town/city was $140,400, the median chose monthly owner cost was $1,341 for housing units with a mortgage and $373 for those without, and the median gross rent was $1,013. Goddard is a town/city of the second class with a mayor-council form of government. The town/city council consists of the mayor and five council members. The council establishes policies and legislation.
The town/city administrator advises the council, directs the town/city government, and prepares and submits the annual town/city budget. The council meets on the first and third Mondays of each month. Goddard lies inside Kansas's 4th U.S.
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