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Blue Rapids, KS

870 Population
2 square miles 438.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Marshall County: 43.2 ±0.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,951 ±$22,292 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Marshall County: $35,770 ±$2,918
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,214 ±$16,317 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Marshall County: $68,419 ±$6,081
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.3% ±2.5% (44  ±22) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Marshall County: 11.3% † 1,105 (±2.5% / ±246)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.7 minutes ±4.7 (7,735  ±2,301) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Marshall County: 16.4 72,730 (±1.2 / ±6,470)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

398 ±76 Number of households
  • Marshall County: 4,176 ±130
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.5 (836  ±141) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Marshall County: 2.3 9,769 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

15.2% ±12.8% (26  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Marshall County: 8.5% † 164 (±3.1% / ±61)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

430 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Marshall County: 4,751 ±30
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$68,300 ±$36,862 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Marshall County: $127,700 † ±$14,326
  • about one-third of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.5% ±6.7% (90  ±58.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Marshall County: 7.4% † 731 (±2% / ±193.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86% ±19% (563  ±84.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Marshall County: 92.7% 6,592 (±5.4% / ±387)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.9% ±6.5% (124  ±47.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Marshall County: 19.1% † 1,357 (±2.5% / ±179.5)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.1% ±0.5% (1  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Marshall County: 0.8% 75
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±2.6% (49  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Marshall County: 8.8% † 666 (±1.5% / ±115)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
49 Total veterans ±20 49 Male ±20 N/A Female ±11

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