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Blue Rapids, KS

1,076 Population
2 square miles 542.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marshall County: 42.3 ±1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$53,146 ±$24,627 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Marshall County: $36,854 ±$3,316
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$47,604 ±$16,623 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Marshall County: $64,306 ±$6,228
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

10% ±5.1% (104  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Marshall County: 10.6% † 1,036 (±2.5% / ±242)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

16.8 minutes ±2.8 (8,220  ±2,130) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Marshall County: 16.3 73,905 (±1.2 / ±6,394)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

443 ±85 Number of households
  • Marshall County: 4,079 ±165
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.3 ±0.6 (1,038  ±177) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Marshall County: 2.4 9,805 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

7% ±4.5% (19  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Marshall County: 5.2% † 100 (±2.1% / ±41)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

467 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Marshall County: 4,766 ±33
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$51,700 ±$25,059 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Marshall County: $112,300 ±$8,149
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

19.8% ±8.1% (213  ±93.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Marshall County: 8.6% † 852 (±1.9% / ±,185.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

88% ±18.9% (639  ±90.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Marshall County: 92.2% 6,376 (±4.9% / ±,342.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
16.8% ±6.5% (122  ±51.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Marshall County: 20.8% † 1,439 (±2.6% / ±,181.9)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

0.3% ±0.6% (3  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Marshall County: 1.3% 133
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

9.6% ±3.9% (85  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Marshall County: 7.8% † 589 (±1.6% / ±120)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
85 Total veterans ±37 63 Male ±25 22 Female ±24

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