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Arkansas City, KS

11,909 Population
9.3 square miles 1,278.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 38.1 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$26,018 ±$1,719 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: $31,072 † ±$3,494
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$53,475 ±$5,761 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: $58,263 ±$2,513
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

16.9% ±3.7% (1,899  ±417) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 13.9% † 4,455 (±1.9% / ±616)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

18.3 minutes ±2.1 (88,380  ±12,284) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 20.3 289,675 (±1.4 / ±22,989)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

4,712 ±268 Number of households
  • the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 13,339 ±363
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.4 ±0.1 (11,217  ±50) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 2.4 32,228 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

13.4% ±3.5% (401  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 7.8% † 573 (±1.9% / ±141)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

5,537 ±267 Number of housing units
  • the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 15,647 ±48
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$81,700 ±$5,800 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: $111,600 ±$6,143
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

13.3% ±3.1% (1,544  ±358.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 11.4% † 3,889 (±1.6% / ±559)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

89.7% ±6.6% (6,831  ±549.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 91.6% 20,823 (±3.6% / ±822)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
19.9% ±3.3% (1,512  ±252.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 24.3% 5,515 (±1.9% / ±424.1)
  • about three-fifths 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

8.5% ±2.2% (1,013  ±266) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 4.9% 1,677
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

8.6% ±2.2% (770  ±196) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Arkansas City-Winfield, KS Micro Area: 7.8% † 2,046 (±0.9% / ±230)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
770 Total veterans ±196 750 Male ±190 20 Female ±23

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