Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Medicine Lodge township, Barber County, KS

2,011 Population
119.4 square miles 16.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

43.8 ±9.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Barber County: 42.5 ±2.4
  • 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

$34,940 ±$4,010 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barber County: $38,500 ±$3,631
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,140 ±$11,973 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Barber County: $61,926 ±$6,033
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.5% ±2.7% (106  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Barber County: 11.8% † 467 (±5% / ±200)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.6 minutes ±1.8 (14,025  ±2,580) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Barber County: 15.1 32,185 (±1.4 / ±3,519)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

921 ±114 Number of households
  • Barber County: 1,828 ±127
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.4 (1,988  ±227) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Barber County: 2.2 4,017 (±0.2 / ±175)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.5% ±3.1% (10  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Barber County: 6.5% † 50 (±3.6% / ±28)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,189 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Barber County: 2,480 ±82
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$126,200 ±$31,620 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Barber County: $97,000 † ±$17,578
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.2% ±7.3% (345  ±151.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Barber County: 13.2% † 535 (±4.2% / ±169.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.2% ±6.5% (1,281  ±164.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barber County: 95.9% 2,659 (±5.8% / ±211.2)
  • 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)
24.2% ±5% (322  ±75.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barber County: 27.3% † 756 (±3.6% / ±107.6)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.9% ±2.4% (78  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barber County: 6% † 187 (±1.7% / ±55)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
78 Total veterans ±39 74 Male ±36 4 Female ±6

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.