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Dodge City, KS

27,652 Population
14.7 square miles 1,875.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.5 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 31.9 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$27,800 ±$1,645 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: $28,834 ±$1,423
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$67,958 ±$7,356 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: $70,495 ±$5,527
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

15.9% ±3.3% (4,260  ±890) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 14.4% † 4,769 (±2.9% / ±960)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

11.9 minutes ±1 (156,470  ±15,690) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 12.9 208,440 (±0.9 / ±16,992)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

9,205 ±228 Number of households
  • the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 11,768 ±209
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.9 ±0.1 (27,033  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 2.8 33,435 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

6.5% ±3.3% (417  ±208) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 7% † 518 (±3% / ±222)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

9,787 ±180 Number of housing units
  • the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 12,638 ±34
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$122,800 ±$14,972 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: $132,700 † ±$17,614
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

19.4% ±4% (5,292  ±1,097.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 16.8% † 5,675 (±3.3% / ±1,102.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

75% ±5.2% (11,840  ±851.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 77% 15,481 (±4.5% / ±903.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
19.7% ±2.6% (3,115  ±409.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 20.7% † 4,167 (±2.2% / ±433.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

24.9% ±2.8% (6,887  ±776) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 22% 7,521
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

2.2% ±0.7% (410  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 3.7% † 866 (±0.8% / ±183)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
410 Total veterans ±138 378 Male ±129 32 Female ±40

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