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Lincoln County, KS

2,923 Population
719.4 square miles 4.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,192 ±$3,146 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,500 ±$6,111 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.3% ±3.4% (326  ±97) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19 minutes ±2 (25,545  ±3,474) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,278 ±79 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (2,877  ±8) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±2.9% (17  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,668 ±11 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,900 ±$8,588 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±2.8% (282  ±80.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.7% ±8.4% (2,027  ±178) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.9% ±3.9% (542  ±81.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.7% (21  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.1% ±2.2% (209  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
209 Total veterans ±51 207 Male ±51 2 Female ±3

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