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Atchison, KS

10,795 Population
8 square miles 1,346.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.9 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 36.4 ±1.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$25,839 ±$1,734 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: $29,910 ±$1,995
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$54,695 ±$9,233 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: $62,164 † ±$6,647
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

15.1% ±3.7% (1,397  ±346) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 12.8% † 1,871 (±2.5% / ±367)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

18.7 minutes ±2 (82,320  ±10,600) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 21.6 152,145 (±1.7 / ±14,461)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

3,624 ±195 Number of households
  • the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 5,876 ±232
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.5 ±0.1 (9,024  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 2.5 14,440 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

7.5% ±3.7% (222  ±110) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 8.2% † 323 (±3% / ±119)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

4,161 ±180 Number of housing units
  • the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 6,811 ±24
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$130,200 ±$18,562 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: $147,900 † ±$15,632
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

13.3% ±3.3% (1,421  ±357.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 11.1% † 1,778 (±2.4% / ±377.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

95.3% ±7.5% (5,624  ±483.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 94.3% 9,385 (±5.7% / ±573.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
28.4% ±4.6% (1,676  ±278.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 22.9% † 2,281 (±3.1% / ±306.2)
  • 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

3.2% ±1.2% (344  ±131) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 2.4% 386
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

7.4% ±1.6% (602  ±131) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 6.3% † 797 (±1.2% / ±157)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
602 Total veterans ±131 584 Male ±134 18 Female ±19

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