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Elwood, KS

1,049 Population
2.9 square miles 360.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±12.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,634 ±$4,051 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $34,044 ±$1,119
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,266 ±$17,566 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $65,005 ±$1,947
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.4% ±9.6% (162  ±106) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.5% 15,395 (±1.1% / ±1,242)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15 minutes ±2.5 (6,595  ±2,057) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 19.6 996,970 (±0.8 / ±44,081)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

359 ±81 Number of households
  • the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 46,883 ±875
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.9 (1,049  ±206) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 113,993 (±0.1 / ±83)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±7.9% (9  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.1% † 1,548 (±1.2% / ±315)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

449 ±97 Number of housing units
  • the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 53,673 ±763
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$88,000 ±$31,631 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $171,300 ±$3,889
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

25.4% ±9.2% (265  ±109.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 11.7% † 13,869 (±1.2% / ±1,442.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.1% ±4.2% (550  ±121.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 91.2% 75,501 (±1.9% / ±1,564.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7% ±5.9% (45  ±38.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.8% 19,695 (±1% / ±822.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.1% ±3.3% (22  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 3.2% 3,894
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3% ±2.8% (23  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.3% 6,811 (±0.5% / ±495)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
23 Total veterans ±22 23 Male ±22 N/A Female ±11

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