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Elkhart, KS

1,542 Population
2.1 square miles 750.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Morton County: 39.5 † ±4.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$27,231 ±$3,653 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Morton County: $27,423 ±$2,675
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$56,895 ±$8,032 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Morton County: $57,943 ±$5,390
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

17.3% ±12.2% (254  ±182) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Morton County: 13.2% † 345 (±7% / ±182)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

13.1 minutes ±3.1 (7,550  ±2,498) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Morton County: 16.7 † 17,380 (±2.7 / ±3,557)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

543 ±71 Number of households
  • Morton County: 939 ±81
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.7 ±0.5 (1,469  ±181) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Morton County: 2.8 2,615 (±0.2 / ±16)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

9.9% ±7.7% (31  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Morton County: 7% † 41 (±4.6% / ±27)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

783 ±65 Number of housing units
  • Morton County: 1,321 ±14
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$104,100 ±$12,890 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Morton County: $96,000 ±$5,656
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

3.4% ±2.5% (51  ±38.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Morton County: 6.1% † 162 (±3.4% / ±90)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

92.6% ±11.1% (1,018  ±,166.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Morton County: 87.8% † 1,632 (±9.3% / ±,180.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
17.4% ±5.5% (191  ±64.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Morton County: 17.6% † 326 (±3.9% / ±73.3)
  • 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

5.8% ±4.9% (89  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Morton County: 11.7% 314
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

6.1% ±4% (70  ±46) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Morton County: 4.8% † 95 (±2.5% / ±50)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
70 Total veterans ±46 31 Male ±27 39 Female ±40

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