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Abilene, KS

6,449 Population
4.8 square miles 1,335.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Dickinson County: 42.1 ±1.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$34,852 ±$2,816 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Dickinson County: $36,242 ±$2,244
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$56,592 ±$5,628 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dickinson County: $67,982 ±$4,319
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

8.1% ±3.6% (510  ±227) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dickinson County: 8.8% † 1,592 (±2% / ±351)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19.3 minutes ±3.2 (60,790  ±11,157) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dickinson County: 21.6 180,750 (±1.4 / ±13,601)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

3,033 ±179 Number of households
  • Dickinson County: 7,958 ±192
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.1 ±0.1 (6,298  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dickinson County: 2.3 18,106 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

10% ±7.2% (129  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dickinson County: 9% † 341 (±3.9% / ±147)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

3,258 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Dickinson County: 8,793 ±26
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$136,000 ±$20,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dickinson County: $148,500 ±$11,573
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

12.9% ±4.3% (812  ±,272.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dickinson County: 10.5% † 1,897 (±2% / ±,361.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

92% ±10.5% (4,289  ±,510.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dickinson County: 92.4% 12,052 (±4.9% / ±,642.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
20.7% ±5.6% (964  ±,264.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dickinson County: 21.9% † 2,860 (±2.5% / ±,322.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.5% ±0.5% (31  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Dickinson County: 1% 179
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

9.5% ±3% (489  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dickinson County: 11.2% † 1,587 (±1.7% / ±234)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
489 Total veterans ±153 390 Male ±112 99 Female ±111

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