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Americus, KS

1,028 Population
1.1 square miles 949.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.2 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 33.6 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,767 ±$3,374 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $29,617 ±$1,483
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$78,417 ±$19,599 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $56,068 ±$2,680
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

13.9% ±8.6% (139  ±91) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 15.7% † 5,250 (±2.1% / ±703)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

20.3 minutes ±6.8 (10,000  ±2,358) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 15.4 254,385 (±0.7 / ±15,139)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

345 ±65 Number of households
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14,288 ±305
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
3 ±0.2 (1,028  ±211) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 2.3 33,481 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

11.1% ±7.9% (28  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 4.2% † 371 (±1.5% / ±136)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

375 ±68 Number of housing units
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 16,405 ±56
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$108,500 ±$11,594 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $131,600 ±$6,903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

17.1% ±11.7% (171  ±,122.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 23.2% † 7,974 (±2.7% / ±,918.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

89.1% ±24.8% (484  ±86.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 88.3% 18,630 (±3.8% / ±,813.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
24.1% ±6.4% (131  ±44.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 26.7% 5,630 (±2.1% / ±,440.4)
  • 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

0.2% ±1% (2  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 9.9% 3,437
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

8.7% ±4.5% (59  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 6.7% † 1,808 (±0.9% / ±247)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
59 Total veterans ±33 57 Male ±33 2 Female ±3

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