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Elgin, KS

55 Population
0.2 square miles 282.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.1 ±12 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chautauqua County: 45.3 ±0.9
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$18,340 ±$8,373 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chautauqua County: $30,782 † ±$3,092
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$24,250 ±$21,708 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Chautauqua County: $54,592 ±$3,631
  • about one-third of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

20% ±22.6% (11  ±14) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chautauqua County: 16.9% † 560 (±4.1% / ±135)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

N/A

Families

21 ±12 Number of households
  • Chautauqua County: 1,315 ±96
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.6 ±0.3 (55  ±32) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Chautauqua County: 2.5 3,290 (±0.2 / ±4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

41 ±18 Number of housing units
  • Chautauqua County: 1,971 ±31
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$17,900 ±$15,976 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Chautauqua County: $63,300 † ±$11,903
  • about 10 percent of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

79.6% ±66% (39  ±39.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chautauqua County: 89.4% 2,153 (±6.9% / ±171.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
8.2% ±60.5% (4  ±29.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chautauqua County: 18.4% † 442 (±3.6% / ±86.4)
  • about one-quarter 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

N/A Foreign-born population

2% ±3.9% (1  ±2) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Chautauqua County: 6.9% † 180 (±1.6% / ±41)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
1 Total veterans ±2 1 Male ±2 N/A Female ±11

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