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Dighton, KS

703 Population
0.9 square miles 810.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.3 ±7.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lane County: 48.9 ±4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$43,327 ±$9,236 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lane County: $39,322 † ±$5,970
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$48,750 ±$4,495 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lane County: $53,042 † ±$11,166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

12.6% ±9.7% (88  ±69) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lane County: 8.1% † 121 (±4.5% / ±68)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

14.5 minutes ±7.7 (4,125  ±2,628) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lane County: 15.7 † 10,165 (±3.6 / ±2,944)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

393 ±81 Number of households
  • Lane County: 725 † ±76
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
1.8 ±0.5 (696  ±120) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lane County: 2.1 † 1,490 (±0.3 / ±156)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

14.6% ±13.6% (16  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lane County: 8.8% † 23 (±6.2% / ±17)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

482 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Lane County: 885 ±69
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$138,200 ±$70,781 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lane County: $119,000 † ±$58,101
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

5.5% ±4.6% (38  ±32.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lane County: 7% † 103 (±3.8% / ±57.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

97.4% ±12.8% (486  ±108.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lane County: 95% 1,015 (±8.8% / ±143.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
23.3% ±9.7% (116  ±52.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lane County: 24.6% † 263 (±5% / ±60.3)
  • about two-thirds 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

9.8% ±6.6% (69  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lane County: 7.9% † 118 (±2.9% / ±45)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

13.5% ±9% (74  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lane County: 10% † 115 (±4.3% / ±50)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
74 Total veterans ±51 74 Male ±51 N/A Female ±11

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