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Baxter Springs, KS

3,855 Population
3.1 square miles 1,224.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$24,550 ±$3,067 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $32,117 ±$827
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$51,404 ±$10,834 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $61,901 ±$1,735
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

24.3% ±7.6% (926  ±289) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 15.7% 31,278 (±1% / ±2,045)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

18.6 minutes ±1.6 (33,345  ±4,487) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 20.4 1,747,125 (±0.6 / ±58,648)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

1,584 ±121 Number of households
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 79,505 ±648
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.4 ±0.2 (3,810  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 199,941 (±0 / ±88)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

7% ±6.1% (58  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.2% † 2,862 (±0.8% / ±358)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

1,865 ±184 Number of housing units
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 88,475 ±71
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$92,900 ±$11,931 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $165,500 ±$3,164
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

9.4% ±4.8% (358  ±182) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.8% 27,685 (±1.1% / ±2,168.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

85.4% ±11.9% (2,300  ±337.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 89.3% 121,413 (±1.7% / ±2,336)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
12% ±6.2% (324  ±168.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 24.2% 32,881 (±0.9% / ±1,274)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

1.2% ±1.1% (47  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 3.9% 7,888
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

6.5% ±2.8% (198  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 8% 12,327 (±0.5% / ±734)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
198 Total veterans ±84 183 Male ±77 15 Female ±19

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