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Bird City, KS

525 Population
2.3 square miles 231.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cheyenne County: 43 ±2.1
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,983 ±$5,948 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cheyenne County: $34,829 ±$3,267
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$48,333 ±$20,575 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cheyenne County: $52,730 ±$5,088
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

27.9% ±17.6% (145  ±97) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Cheyenne County: 15.2% † 392 (±4.9% / ±127)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

16.4 minutes ±8.4 (4,305  ±2,537) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cheyenne County: 13.7 † 14,760 (±2.5 / ±3,015)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

210 ±45 Number of households
  • Cheyenne County: 1,207 ±86
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.5 ±0.2 (525  ±121) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cheyenne County: 2.1 2,580 (±0.2 / ±2)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

259 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Cheyenne County: 1,453 ±45
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$83,600 ±$7,885 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cheyenne County: $114,700 † ±$17,869
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

19% ±11.1% (99  ±62.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cheyenne County: 11.1% † 289 (±3.9% / ±,101.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

88.7% ±8.3% (313  ±70.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cheyenne County: 89.2% 1,679 (±8.6% / ±,167.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
31.2% ±11.3% (110  ±45.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cheyenne County: 22.2% † 418 (±4% / ±76.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

10.9% ±6.2% (57  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Cheyenne County: 5.5% 143
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

6.6% ±4.6% (26  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cheyenne County: 5.3% † 108 (±1.8% / ±36)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
26 Total veterans ±19 24 Male ±18 2 Female ±4

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