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Great Bend township, Barton County, KS

1,549 Population
40.1 square miles 38.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Barton County: 38.8 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,180 ±$10,334 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Barton County: $34,350 ±$2,589
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$102,560 ±$31,215 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Barton County: $58,851 ±$3,181
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.2% ±10.2% (91  ±150) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Barton County: 15.4% † 3,787 (±2.3% / ±564)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.9 minutes ±6.5 (9,300  ±3,543) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Barton County: 15.2 164,225 (±1.3 / ±16,009)
  • about three-fifths 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

521 ±127 Number of households
  • Barton County: 10,380 ±330
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.9 (1,497  ±324) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Barton County: 2.4 24,642 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.6% ±4.5% (9  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Barton County: 7.5% † 397 (±2.3% / ±122)
  • 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

611 ±143 Number of housing units
  • Barton County: 12,383 ±62
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$202,500 ±$48,015 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Barton County: $126,400 ±$11,964
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.1% ±3.2% (78  ±51) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Barton County: 12.6% † 3,111 (±2% / ±499.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.3% ±29.7% (913  ±198.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barton County: 90.5% 15,403 (±4% / ±703.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25% ±9.2% (247  ±107.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Barton County: 21.7% 3,690 (±2.1% / ±350.4)
  • 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

0.8% ±1.2% (13  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Barton County: 5% 1,243
  • 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

13.2% ±6.6% (165  ±90) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Barton County: 7.9% † 1,498 (±1.2% / ±228)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
165 Total veterans ±90 156 Male ±86 9 Female ±17

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