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Chanute, KS

8,629 Population
7.1 square miles 1,215.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±3.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Neosho County: 40.3 ±1.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,023 ±$2,838 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Neosho County: $30,510 ±$1,921
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$47,885 ±$10,446 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Neosho County: $55,704 ±$4,053
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

20.1% ±4.8% (1,653  ±398) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Neosho County: 15.4% † 2,340 (±2.5% / ±386)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

12.5 minutes ±1.8 (44,840  ±7,679) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Neosho County: 15.5 100,985 (±1.3 / ±9,979)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

3,572 ±201 Number of households
  • Neosho County: 6,322 ±173
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.3 ±0.1 (8,240  ±41) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Neosho County: 2.4 15,230 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

2.5% ±1.8% (52  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Neosho County: 4.7% † 150 (±2% / ±65)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

4,099 ±184 Number of housing units
  • Neosho County: 7,227 ±25
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$77,900 ±$12,248 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Neosho County: $101,200 ±$9,189
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

12.6% ±3% (1,080  ±259) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Neosho County: 10.4% † 1,620 (±1.9% / ±,288.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

91.3% ±8.3% (5,106  ±,490.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Neosho County: 92.3% 9,641 (±5.7% / ±,601.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
19.2% ±4.2% (1,071  ±,238.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Neosho County: 21.8% † 2,277 (±3.1% / ±,320.7)
  • 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

2% ±1% (172  ±82) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Neosho County: 1.8% 284
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

7.9% ±2.2% (515  ±143) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Neosho County: 7.4% † 886 (±1.5% / ±182)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
515 Total veterans ±143 446 Male ±124 69 Female ±57

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