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Cheney, KS

2,580 Population
2.3 square miles 1,113 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±4.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$34,470 ±$5,501 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $37,675 ±$755
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$85,313 ±$14,101 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $70,655 ±$965
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

6.9% ±5.2% (173  ±129) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 13% 82,874 (±0.6% / ±4,096)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

25 minutes ±2.5 (26,415  ±4,223) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 20 5,720,855 (±0.3 / ±94,528)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

862 ±123 Number of households
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 254,776 ±1,415
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.9 ±0.4 (2,528  ±117) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 2.5 638,783 (±0 / ±171)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

4.5% ±3.5% (27  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 6% 9,087 (±0.6% / ±843)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

921 ±131 Number of housing units
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 280,193 ±143
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$167,900 ±$30,743 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $201,200 ±$3,148
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

10.7% ±4.8% (272  ±124.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 14.4% 92,841 (±0.6% / ±3,553.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

94.2% ±9.6% (1,509  ±208.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 90.4% 389,070 (±1.1% / ±4,586.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
32.8% ±6.8% (525  ±119.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 31.8% 136,780 (±0.6% / ±2,473.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

0.2% ±0.3% (4  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.6% 49,648
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

3.8% ±2% (69  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.1% 34,534 (±0.3% / ±1,232)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
69 Total veterans ±36 60 Male ±32 9 Female ±13

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