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Americus, KS

955 Population
1.1 square miles 881.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.8 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 34.2 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$27,489 ±$4,129 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $30,706 ±$1,190
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$73,542 ±$16,896 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $59,354 ±$3,840
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

11% ±7.2% (103  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14.2% † 4,766 (±1.9% / ±627)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

22.1 minutes ±3 (9,375  ±2,805) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 15.2 254,220 (±0.7 / ±15,603)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

307 ±63 Number of households
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14,628 ±320
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
3.1 ±0.4 (955  ±228) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 2.3 33,553 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

7.5% ±6.7% (18  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 6.1% † 529 (±2.2% / ±190)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

333 ±67 Number of housing units
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 16,415 ±101
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$124,100 ±$17,700 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $146,700 ±$8,405
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

16.6% ±10.7% (156  ±107.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 21.9% † 7,506 (±2.7% / ±932.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

91.4% ±25.2% (476  ±81.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 89.6% 19,273 (±3.7% / ±814.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
27.8% ±5.9% (145  ±44.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 26.6% 5,726 (±2% / ±441.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

0.7% ±1% (7  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 10.5% 3,635
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

6.2% ±4.9% (39  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 6% † 1,617 (±0.8% / ±215)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
39 Total veterans ±32 39 Male ±32 N/A Female ±11

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