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Baxter Springs, KS

3,863 Population
3.1 square miles 1,226.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±3.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$24,516 ±$3,757 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $30,805 ±$843
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$60,139 ±$12,935 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $60,146 ±$1,560
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

19.7% ±7.3% (752  ±278) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 16.4% 32,515 (±1.2% / ±2,310)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19.3 minutes ±1.7 (33,985  ±5,021) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 20.4 1,739,455 (±0.5 / ±51,513)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

1,433 ±164 Number of households
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 78,178 ±807
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.7 ±0.3 (3,817  ±21) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 198,605 (±0 / ±85)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

9.5% ±7.3% (70  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.4% † 2,924 (±0.9% / ±428)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

1,736 ±216 Number of housing units
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 87,651 ±110
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$87,600 ±$15,410 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $157,000 ±$3,790
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

16.7% ±12.5% (634  ±476.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.8% 27,553 (±1.1% / ±2,098.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

86.3% ±10.5% (2,160  ±333) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 89.2% 120,192 (±1.7% / ±2,297.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
18% ±6.7% (451  ±173.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 24% 32,370 (±0.9% / ±1,222.2)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

2.4% ±1.6% (91  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 4% 8,150
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.9% ±3% (167  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 8.1% 12,323 (±0.5% / ±762)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
167 Total veterans ±87 154 Male ±78 13 Female ±18

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