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Hiawatha city, Brown County, KS

3,197 Population
2.6 square miles 1,224.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Brown County: 41.7 ±0.4
  • about 10 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

$37,719 ±$6,117 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Brown County: $35,762 ±$2,814
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,750 ±$13,422 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Brown County: $62,233 † ±$7,582
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.7% ±5.2% (459  ±161) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Brown County: 13.8% † 1,253 (±2.3% / ±209)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.8 minutes ±1.5 (16,820  ±2,907) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Brown County: 17.4 69,295 (±1.3 / ±6,052)
  • 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

1,311 ±124 Number of households
  • Brown County: 3,794 ±154
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (3,100  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Brown County: 2.4 9,213 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.5% ±7.3% (65  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Brown County: 7.5% † 130 (±3.2% / ±55)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,582 ±125 Number of housing units
  • Brown County: 4,478 ±37
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,800 ±$18,549 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Brown County: $118,100 ±$8,559
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±4.7% (376  ±149.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Brown County: 9.9% † 918 (±2.1% / ±193.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±9.7% (2,054  ±241.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Brown County: 94.4% 6,093 (±5% / ±325.7)
  • 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)
17.7% ±4.8% (390  ±108.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Brown County: 19.6% † 1,267 (±2.3% / ±149.1)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about half 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

2.1% ±1.4% (66  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Brown County: 1.2% 108
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.6% ±2.5% (133  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Brown County: 7.5% † 526 (±1.2% / ±87)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
133 Total veterans ±59 120 Male ±56 13 Female ±20

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