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Arkansas City, KS

11,884 Population
9.3 square miles 1,275.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 39.2 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,382 ±$2,413 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: $32,882 † ±$3,741
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,629 ±$6,212 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: $57,878 ±$3,114
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.2% ±3.6% (1,933  ±408) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 14.3% † 4,579 (±2.1% / ±676)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.6 minutes ±1.5 (92,225  ±9,461) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 21.1 299,765 (±1.6 / ±24,546)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,799 ±255 Number of households
  • the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 13,387 ±380
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (11,241  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 2.4 32,194 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.8% ±4% (324  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 6.2% † 458 (±1.9% / ±140)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,510 ±233 Number of housing units
  • the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 15,682 ±42
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$86,800 ±$7,434 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: $120,900 ±$7,871
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15% ±3.2% (1,747  ±377.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 11.6% † 3,939 (±1.7% / ±589.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89% ±6.2% (6,814  ±530.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 90.6% 20,569 (±3.5% / ±807.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.6% ±3.5% (1,577  ±271) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 24.5% 5,569 (±2% / ±442.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.6% ±2.2% (907  ±260) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 4.6% 1,570
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±2% (743  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 8% † 2,109 (±0.9% / ±242)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
743 Total veterans ±186 731 Male ±181 12 Female ±18

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