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Ellis, KS

2,145 Population
1.7 square miles 1,294.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 32.5 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$67,148 ±$59,352 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $37,575 † ±$4,808
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$70,274 ±$23,812 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $59,889 ±$4,452
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

17.1% ±8.1% (363  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 17.7% † 4,873 (±2.1% / ±585)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19.6 minutes ±2.7 (19,725  ±4,378) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 13 199,255 (±0.9 / ±15,328)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

891 ±155 Number of households
  • the Hays, KS Micro Area: 12,186 ±271
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.4 ±0.6 (2,120  ±317) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 2.2 27,336 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

6.1% ±4.3% (29  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 6% † 452 (±2.3% / ±172)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

952 ±155 Number of housing units
  • the Hays, KS Micro Area: 13,247 ±47
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$156,900 ±$31,146 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $211,100 ±$10,796
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

9.2% ±3.1% (195  ±71.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 21.3% † 6,072 (±2.6% / ±750.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

93.1% ±5.5% (1,250  ±197.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 95.3% 16,475 (±4.6% / ±807.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
28.7% ±5.9% (385  ±97.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 39.6% 6,838 (±3.1% / ±533.1)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.8% ±1.1% (18  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 2.8% 816
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

4.9% ±2.9% (74  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 3.8% † 873 (±0.8% / ±174)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
74 Total veterans ±45 68 Male ±45 6 Female ±9

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