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Riley County, KS

72,557 Population
609.7 square miles 119 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,610 ±$6,739 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$61,548 ±$7,557 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.4% ±4% (12,022  ±2,473) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 10.9% 313,235 (±0.5% / ±15,633)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.3 minutes ±1.5 (607,180  ±59,964) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

27,915 ±1,024 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (61,588  ±260) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

0.9% ±0.9% (184  ±193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 42,547 (±0.5% / ±3,183)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

30,966 ±127 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$255,800 ±$22,893 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $238,700 ±$2,937
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

25.2% ±4.2% (18,255  ±3,024.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

98.4% ±7.2% (37,433  ±3,062.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
47.9% ±5.1% (18,204  ±2,040.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

5.9% (4,302  ±879) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.6% ±1.8% (4,115  ±999) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,115 Total veterans ±999 3,282 Male ±877 833 Female ±397

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