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Longton township, Elk County, KS

449 Population
44.5 square miles 10.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±8.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Elk County: 48.8 ±2
  • 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

$27,050 ±$5,550 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elk County: $31,216 ±$2,754
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,563 ±$20,654 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Elk County: $64,609 † ±$9,001
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.5% ±8.2% (56  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Elk County: 10.4% † 253 (±2.9% / ±71)
  • 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)

38.1 minutes ±13.3 (5,795  ±2,454) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Elk County: 33.7 † 29,970 (±5.8 / ±5,729)
  • nearly double the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

175 ±34 Number of households
  • Elk County: 999 ±71
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.7 (449  ±76) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Elk County: 2.4 2,441 (±0.2 / ±8)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

263 ±47 Number of housing units
  • Elk County: 1,491 ±16
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$44,400 ±$11,130 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Elk County: $68,500 † ±$12,218
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.9% ±9.5% (58  ±44) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Elk County: 11.7% † 285 (±3.6% / ±87.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.6% ±5.7% (302  ±59.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elk County: 90.7% 1,579 (±6.8% / ±124.4)
  • 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)
16.9% ±8.6% (55  ±29.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Elk County: 21.5% † 374 (±3.4% / ±59.7)
  • 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

0.2% ±0.7% (1  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Elk County: 1% 24
  • 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

18.5% ±10% (65  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Elk County: 8.3% † 156 (±2.3% / ±43)
  • more than 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)
65 Total veterans ±37 46 Male ±26 19 Female ±24

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