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Blue Rapids, KS

918 Population
2 square miles 462.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marshall County: 42.6 ±1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$46,048 ±$21,240 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Marshall County: $36,220 ±$2,926
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$51,136 ±$13,360 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Marshall County: $70,828 ±$5,254
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

8.6% ±5% (76  ±46) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Marshall County: 9.4% † 913 (±1.7% / ±165)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

16.8 minutes ±4.4 (7,040  ±2,337) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Marshall County: 17 78,645 (±1.4 / ±7,109)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

420 ±78 Number of households
  • Marshall County: 4,101 ±148
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.1 ±0.5 (885  ±148) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Marshall County: 2.4 9,788 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

11.3% ±8.3% (24  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Marshall County: 6.7% † 130 (±2.5% / ±49)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

452 ±78 Number of housing units
  • Marshall County: 4,758 ±27
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$55,200 ±$27,961 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Marshall County: $119,500 ±$11,563
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

19.6% ±9.1% (179  ±87.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Marshall County: 7.9% † 786 (±2% / ±,195.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

86.3% ±4% (559  ±84.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Marshall County: 91% 6,297 (±5.3% / ±,370.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
17.4% ±6.4% (113  ±44.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Marshall County: 18.9% † 1,307 (±2.3% / ±,162.6)
  • 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

0.2% ±0.4% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Marshall County: 0.8% 82
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

10.1% ±4.3% (77  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Marshall County: 8% † 605 (±1.6% / ±118)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
77 Total veterans ±35 57 Male ±28 20 Female ±23

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