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Bourbon County, KS

14,405 Population
635.5 square miles 22.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$29,328 ±$1,587 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$55,826 ±$6,751 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

12.8% ±2.3% (1,785  ±316) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

20.6 minutes ±2.3 (118,975  ±14,672) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

5,875 ±194 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.4 ±0.1 (13,987  ±10) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

6.8% ±3.1% (200  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

6,779 ±35 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$95,600 ±$5,296 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

11.8% ±2.4% (1,676  ±,346.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

89.7% ±5.7% (8,433  ±,533.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
23.7% ±3.2% (2,229  ±,301.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.1% (159  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

8.3% ±1.6% (888  ±168) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
888 Total veterans ±168 854 Male ±163 34 Female ±24

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