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Woodson County, KS

3,109 Population
497.8 square miles 6.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,702 ±$3,089 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,326 ±$7,733 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.4% ±3.8% (379  ±116) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.5 minutes ±3.1 (25,450  ±4,355) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,254 ±82 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (3,067  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±4.9% (39  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,845 ±16 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$81,200 ±$16,442 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.2% ±3.4% (314  ±105.2) 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

90.6% ±7.9% (2,074  ±185.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.1% ±4.5% (528  ±104.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.4% (13  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • less than 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

10.1% ±2.1% (249  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
249 Total veterans ±51 245 Male ±51 4 Female ±6

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