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Bird City, KS

579 Population
2.3 square miles 255.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cheyenne County: 39.8 ±1.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,867 ±$5,402 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cheyenne County: $32,883 † ±$3,470
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$68,095 ±$8,686 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Cheyenne County: $55,765 ±$4,421
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

25.7% ±18.4% (149  ±112) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cheyenne County: 17.4% † 451 (±5.2% / ±134)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

14.1 minutes ±4.6 (3,840  ±1,660) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Cheyenne County: 13.3 † 13,250 (±1.4 / ±1,902)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

220 ±49 Number of households
  • Cheyenne County: 1,186 ±68
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.6 ±0.2 (579  ±136) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cheyenne County: 2.2 2,590 (±0.1 / ±2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

1.6% ±3.1% (2  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Cheyenne County: 0.9% † 4 (±1.5% / ±7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

278 ±57 Number of housing units
  • Cheyenne County: 1,465 ±14
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$88,600 ±$20,687 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cheyenne County: $119,300 † ±$15,776
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

14.6% ±8.8% (84  ±54.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cheyenne County: 10.7% † 281 (±3.6% / ±93.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

82% ±26.5% (296  ±65.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cheyenne County: 87.9% † 1,634 (±8.8% / ±170.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
32.4% ±9.8% (117  ±44.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cheyenne County: 21.6% † 402 (±4.1% / ±76.2)
  • about 90 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

12.6% ±9.8% (73  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Cheyenne County: 4.5% 119
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

3.5% ±3.4% (14  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cheyenne County: 4.3% † 86 (±1.7% / ±35)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
14 Total veterans ±14 12 Male ±12 2 Female ±5

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