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Americus, KS

1,147 Population
1.1 square miles 1,059.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

27.9 ±9.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 34 ±0.5
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$27,005 ±$3,258 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $30,005 ±$1,045
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$81,125 ±$18,831 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $58,788 ±$2,302
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

12.5% ±6.8% (141  ±81) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14.8% † 4,970 (±2.2% / ±745)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

21.3 minutes ±6.9 (11,150  ±2,488) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 15.5 254,260 (±0.9 / ±17,180)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

367 ±67 Number of households
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14,467 ±302
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
3.1 ±0.1 (1,147  ±211) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 2.3 33,503 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

6% ±5.5% (18  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 5.6% † 488 (±1.8% / ±156)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

386 ±69 Number of housing units
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 16,395 ±54
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$120,900 ±$10,132 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $137,800 ±$7,992
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

16.3% ±9.7% (183  ±114.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 22% † 7,552 (±2.8% / ±972.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

92.1% ±24.4% (538  ±91.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 89.5% 19,079 (±3.5% / ±761.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
27.7% ±6.5% (162  ±50.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 27.9% 5,939 (±1.9% / ±412.6)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.2% ±0.6% (2  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 10.1% 3,489
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

7% ±4.4% (52  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 6.5% † 1,740 (±0.7% / ±196)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
52 Total veterans ±34 52 Male ±34 N/A Female ±11

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