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Elk City, KS

289 Population
0.3 square miles 854.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Montgomery County: 40.2 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$19,300 ±$4,346 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Montgomery County: $28,270 ±$1,374
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$31,250 ±$15,068 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Montgomery County: $51,513 ±$2,424
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

32.2% ±12.6% (93  ±49) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Montgomery County: 16.9% † 5,146 (±1.9% / ±583)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

24.1 minutes ±15.2 (1,810  ±786) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Montgomery County: 17.5 229,280 (±1.2 / ±16,865)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

88 ±23 Number of households
  • Montgomery County: 12,682 ±396
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
3.3 ±0.8 (289  ±102) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Montgomery County: 2.4 30,467 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

6.4% ±8% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Montgomery County: 3.2% † 204 (±1.1% / ±72)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

143 ±33 Number of housing units
  • Montgomery County: 15,625 ±39
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$22,900 ±$6,103 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Montgomery County: $90,200 ±$5,502
  • about 10 percent of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

4.2% ±6.8% (12  ±19.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Montgomery County: 15.2% † 4,752 (±2.1% / ±,658.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

90.8% ±16.8% (177  ±78.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montgomery County: 90% 19,106 (±3.6% / ±,770.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
4.6% ±13.4% (9  ±26.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Montgomery County: 20.1% 4,272 (±1.8% / ±,375.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

1.7% ±3.1% (5  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Montgomery County: 1.7% 541
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

5.8% ±4% (14  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 7.1% † 1,707 (±0.9% / ±212)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
14 Total veterans ±11 14 Male ±11 N/A Female ±11

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