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Abilene, KS

6,489 Population
4.8 square miles 1,343.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±3.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Dickinson County: 41.8 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,559 ±$4,063 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Dickinson County: $35,615 ±$2,558
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$54,948 ±$6,698 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dickinson County: $62,971 ±$4,164
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

8.5% ±4% (542  ±251) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Dickinson County: 8.8% † 1,601 (±1.8% / ±329)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

16.3 minutes ±0.8 (44,315  ±5,935) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Dickinson County: 20.7 166,995 (±0.8 / ±10,549)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

2,944 ±174 Number of households
  • Dickinson County: 7,903 ±236
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.2 ±0.1 (6,346  ±50) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Dickinson County: 2.3 18,150 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

6.8% ±4.5% (86  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dickinson County: 8.3% † 301 (±3.2% / ±117)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

3,227 ±178 Number of housing units
  • Dickinson County: 8,785 ±66
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$134,300 ±$12,492 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Dickinson County: $137,000 ±$10,268
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

10.1% ±3.5% (638  ±,222.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Dickinson County: 9.6% † 1,752 (±1.9% / ±,339.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

92.6% ±9.3% (4,333  ±,456.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dickinson County: 93.6% 12,171 (±4.8% / ±,626.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
24% ±4.7% (1,121  ±,223.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dickinson County: 23.5% 3,059 (±2.2% / ±,292.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

0.9% ±0.7% (55  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Dickinson County: 1.3% 236
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

12.5% ±3.7% (641  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Dickinson County: 12.1% † 1,725 (±1.7% / ±239)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
641 Total veterans ±190 530 Male ±149 111 Female ±112

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