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Atchison, KS

10,834 Population
8 square miles 1,351.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 36.1 ±0.8
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,336 ±$2,473 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: $27,644 ±$1,907
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$50,344 ±$5,661 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: $55,281 ±$4,814
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

17.3% ±4.1% (1,624  ±385) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 14.5% † 2,149 (±3.1% / ±455)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

18.3 minutes ±2.4 (82,530  ±12,821) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 20.7 147,295 (±1.8 / ±15,928)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

3,666 ±181 Number of households
  • the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 5,840 ±226
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.5 ±0.1 (9,079  ±53) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 2.5 14,554 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

3.4% ±4.7% (106  ±144) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 5.3% † 212 (±3.9% / ±157)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

4,219 ±139 Number of housing units
  • the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 6,817 ±25
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$113,900 ±$16,322 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: $123,400 † ±$15,276
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

14.6% ±4.1% (1,567  ±,443.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 12.3% † 1,983 (±3% / ±,484.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

94.4% ±7% (5,693  ±,482.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 93.8% 9,412 (±5.2% / ±,538.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
27.2% ±4.5% (1,641  ±,276.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 22.2% † 2,225 (±3% / ±,297.7)
  • about 80 percent 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

2.2% ±0.8% (237  ±88) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 1.5% 245
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

6.7% ±1.6% (551  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 6.5% † 822 (±1.3% / ±170)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
551 Total veterans ±136 530 Male ±130 21 Female ±30

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