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Colby, KS

5,403 Population
3.7 square miles 1,475.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Thomas County: 35.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,570 ±$5,068 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Thomas County: $37,610 † ±$5,392
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$62,937 ±$8,808 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Thomas County: $72,417 † ±$9,806
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

7.6% ±3.6% (376  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Thomas County: 6.6% † 489 (±2.6% / ±191)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

9.5 minutes ±1.3 (24,200  ±4,551) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Thomas County: 12.2 † 46,830 (±1.2 / ±5,491)
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

2,118 ±203 Number of households
  • Thomas County: 3,129 ±172
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.4 ±0.3 (4,971  ±334) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Thomas County: 2.4 7,475 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

6.2% ±4.7% (72  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Thomas County: 7.5% † 134 (±3.6% / ±65)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

2,444 ±142 Number of housing units
  • Thomas County: 3,576 ±18
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$152,700 ±$26,674 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Thomas County: $165,300 † ±$16,912
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

17.9% ±4.7% (958  ±,259.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Thomas County: 16.2% † 1,267 (±3.8% / ±,293.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

92.1% ±10.4% (2,968  ±,393.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Thomas County: 94.5% 4,675 (±8.6% / ±,429.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
24.4% ±5.6% (786  ±,187.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Thomas County: 26.5% † 1,310 (±4.4% / ±,217.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

6% ±1.7% (324  ±93) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Thomas County: 4.4% 348
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

6.8% ±3% (276  ±121) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Thomas County: 6.5% † 389 (±2.1% / ±128)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
276 Total veterans ±121 266 Male ±119 10 Female ±22

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