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Atchison, KS

10,785 Population
8 square miles 1,345.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.1 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 36.1 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,812 ±$2,335 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: $30,244 ±$2,108
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,474 ±$9,077 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: $61,112 † ±$7,953
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.8% ±4.7% (1,451  ±426) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 13% † 1,891 (±3.5% / ±510)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.8 minutes ±2.2 (76,720  ±11,097) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 21.2 146,040 (±1.6 / ±13,955)
  • about 90 percent of 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

3,482 ±233 Number of households
  • the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 5,735 ±259
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (9,024  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 2.5 14,447 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±4.6% (200  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 7.4% † 281 (±3.9% / ±150)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,175 ±173 Number of housing units
  • the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 6,817 ±24
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$129,700 ±$20,622 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: $145,700 ±$14,278
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.5% ±3.5% (1,440  ±370.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 11.7% † 1,882 (±2.5% / ±405.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.4% ±7.8% (5,527  ±504.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 94.5% 9,300 (±5.8% / ±583.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.8% ±4.7% (1,553  ±278.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 21.8% † 2,149 (±3.1% / ±302.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.8% ±1.1% (305  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 2.1% 338
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±1.8% (624  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Atchison, KS Micro Area: 6.4% † 811 (±1.4% / ±175)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
624 Total veterans ±150 606 Male ±148 18 Female ±19

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