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Colby, KS

5,389 Population
3.7 square miles 1,472 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Thomas County: 35.3 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$35,463 ±$4,743 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Thomas County: $39,637 † ±$4,743
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$66,731 ±$7,047 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Thomas County: $73,575 † ±$7,825
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

8.2% ±3.9% (409  ±195) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Thomas County: 6.9% † 516 (±2.7% / ±205)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

9.9 minutes ±1.5 (25,065  ±4,940) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Thomas County: 11.4 † 43,740 (±1.3 / ±5,741)
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

2,090 ±195 Number of households
  • Thomas County: 3,101 ±166
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.4 ±0.3 (4,962  ±394) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Thomas County: 2.4 7,486 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

2% ±2.7% (24  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Thomas County: 5.9% † 106 (±3.2% / ±58)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

2,443 ±154 Number of housing units
  • Thomas County: 3,580 ±18
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$150,700 ±$41,490 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Thomas County: $165,900 ±$15,566
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

16.2% ±6.4% (864  ±,344.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Thomas County: 16.2% † 1,259 (±4.9% / ±,378.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

91.2% ±9.9% (3,010  ±397) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Thomas County: 93.5% 4,613 (±8.9% / ±,444.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
29.9% ±6.5% (987  ±,227.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Thomas County: 30.3% † 1,493 (±5% / ±,249.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

5.6% ±1.8% (299  ±100) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Thomas County: 4.3% 343
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.9% ±2.7% (236  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Thomas County: 5.5% † 327 (±2% / ±119)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
236 Total veterans ±110 227 Male ±108 9 Female ±21

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