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Chanute, KS

8,713 Population
7.1 square miles 1,227.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Neosho County: 40.3 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,800 ±$3,511 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Neosho County: $29,850 ±$2,074
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$52,608 ±$9,818 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Neosho County: $54,894 ±$4,956
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

18.8% ±4.7% (1,560  ±391) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Neosho County: 15% † 2,286 (±3% / ±458)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

12 minutes ±2 (42,595  ±8,504) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Neosho County: 15.5 100,940 (±1.2 / ±10,167)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

3,533 ±175 Number of households
  • Neosho County: 6,207 ±194
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.4 ±0.1 (8,308  ±59) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Neosho County: 2.5 15,334 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

1.4% ±1.2% (29  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Neosho County: 4.5% † 146 (±2.2% / ±70)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

4,123 ±174 Number of housing units
  • Neosho County: 7,239 ±33
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$89,400 ±$10,916 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Neosho County: $99,400 ±$7,061
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

13.8% ±3.5% (1,198  ±,300.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Neosho County: 11.5% † 1,804 (±2% / ±,315.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

90.2% ±7.5% (5,170  ±,464.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Neosho County: 91% 9,568 (±5.5% / ±,579.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
17.7% ±3.6% (1,012  ±,209.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Neosho County: 21.2% † 2,223 (±2.6% / ±,278.4)
  • 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

2.2% ±1.1% (193  ±93) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Neosho County: 2.1% 338
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

8.1% ±2.2% (533  ±146) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Neosho County: 7.6% † 910 (±1.3% / ±160)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
533 Total veterans ±146 454 Male ±124 79 Female ±49

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