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Dodge City, KS

27,721 Population
14.7 square miles 1,880.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.3 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 32.6 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,441 ±$1,997 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: $28,502 ±$1,573
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$66,932 ±$8,294 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: $67,997 ±$6,667
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

12.8% ±2.9% (3,440  ±776) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 11.9% † 3,959 (±2.5% / ±833)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

11.6 minutes ±0.9 (156,390  ±13,217) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 12.9 213,815 (±0.7 / ±13,554)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

9,050 ±267 Number of households
  • the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 11,676 ±230
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
3 ±0.1 (27,115  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 2.9 33,526 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

5.3% ±2.1% (345  ±134) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 6.2% † 474 (±1.8% / ±138)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

9,658 ±193 Number of housing units
  • the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 12,568 ±29
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$112,800 ±$15,655 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: $121,500 † ±$14,928
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

19.8% ±4.4% (5,408  ±1,194.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 17.2% † 5,798 (±3.6% / ±1,197.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

75% ±5.3% (12,020  ±,867.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 77.2% 15,787 (±4.5% / ±,913.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
18.8% ±3% (3,006  ±490) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 19.8% † 4,044 (±2.5% / ±,512.3)
  • 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

26.1% ±2.7% (7,224  ±740) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 22.8% 7,785
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

2% ±0.6% (374  ±120) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 3.6% † 860 (±0.7% / ±178)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
374 Total veterans ±120 323 Male ±117 51 Female ±49

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