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El Dorado, KS

12,769 Population
9.6 square miles 1,333.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$30,871 ±$2,118 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $37,675 ±$755
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$59,180 ±$6,349 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $70,655 ±$965
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

16.6% ±4.7% (1,991  ±563) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 13% 82,874 (±0.6% / ±4,096)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

17.5 minutes ±1.7 (101,770  ±11,715) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 20 5,720,855 (±0.3 / ±94,528)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

5,436 ±265 Number of households
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 254,776 ±1,415
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.2 ±0.1 (11,958  ±58) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 2.5 638,783 (±0 / ±171)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

8.9% ±4% (276  ±125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 6% 9,087 (±0.6% / ±843)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

6,209 ±301 Number of housing units
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 280,193 ±143
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$120,300 ±$11,395 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $201,200 ±$3,148
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

17.7% ±4.1% (2,219  ±521.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 14.4% 92,841 (±0.6% / ±3,553.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

94.8% ±7.4% (7,733  ±668.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 90.4% 389,070 (±1.1% / ±4,586.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
26% ±4% (2,124  ±337.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 31.8% 136,780 (±0.6% / ±2,473.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

2.1% ±1.6% (272  ±209) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.6% 49,648
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

10% ±2.2% (975  ±220) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.1% 34,534 (±0.3% / ±1,232)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
975 Total veterans ±220 931 Male ±206 44 Female ±54

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