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Gray County, KS

5,696 Population
868.9 square miles 6.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,990 ±$2,311 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$77,885 ±$5,859 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

7% ±3% (383  ±163) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

17.3 minutes ±1.5 (46,535  ±4,431) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,078 ±77 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.7 ±0.1 (5,611  ±3) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7.9% ±3.3% (98  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,339 ±24 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$174,700 ±$14,550 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.8% ±3.2% (550  ±180.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

77.8% ±5.9% (2,788  ±215.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
24.9% ±3.6% (894  ±130.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

12.6% (716  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4.7% ±1.6% (189  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
189 Total veterans ±65 185 Male ±65 4 Female ±8

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