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Riley County, KS

71,402 Population
609.7 square miles 117.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 37.9 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,533 ±$3,922 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,361 ±$517
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$62,623 ±$5,647 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $70,333 ±$1,182
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

19.6% ±4.3% (11,974  ±2,648) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.2% 319,652 (±0.5% / ±14,831)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

15.9 minutes ±1.2 (581,475  ±45,885) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

27,875 ±1,115 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,188,340 ±5,857
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (60,863  ±438) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,853,521
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.8% ±3.5% (1,006  ±725) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 5.5% 36,992 (±0.4% / ±2,824)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

30,892 ±205 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,299,931 ±716
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$221,500 ±$13,605 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $219,800 ±$3,121
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

23.4% ±4.3% (16,472  ±3,022.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 13.8% 401,337 (±0.6% / ±15,975.3)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

96.1% ±3.7% (34,745  ±1,394.8) High school grad or higher * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
48% ±2.4% (17,343  ±886.1) Bachelor's degree or higher * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)
  • about 1.4 times 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

6% (4,270  ±1,369) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,421
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.6% ±2.1% (4,507  ±1,084) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6.4% 143,722 (±0.2% / ±5,268)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,507 Total veterans ±1,084 3,177 Male ±846 1,330 Female ±714

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