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Emporia, KS

24,118 Population
12.3 square miles 1,958.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 33.6 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,383 ±$1,592 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $29,617 ±$1,483
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$49,661 ±$4,179 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $56,068 ±$2,680
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

19.4% ±2.9% (4,469  ±656) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 15.7% † 5,250 (±2.1% / ±703)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

11.7 minutes ±0.9 (136,955  ±12,587) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 15.4 254,385 (±0.7 / ±15,139)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

10,037 ±329 Number of households
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14,288 ±305
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.3 ±0.1 (22,982  ±37) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 2.3 33,481 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

3.8% ±1.9% (264  ±134) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 4.2% † 371 (±1.5% / ±136)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

11,350 ±169 Number of housing units
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 16,405 ±56
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$125,200 ±$9,885 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $131,600 ±$6,903
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

28.5% ±3.7% (6,799  ±,873.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 23.2% † 7,974 (±2.7% / ±,918.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

85.7% ±5% (11,746  ±,726.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 88.3% 18,630 (±3.8% / ±,813.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
25.8% ±2.8% (3,542  ±,382.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 26.7% 5,630 (±2.1% / ±,440.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

13.4% ±1.9% (3,229  ±446) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 9.9% 3,437
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

5.8% ±1.3% (1,097  ±244) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 6.7% † 1,808 (±0.9% / ±247)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
1,097 Total veterans ±244 1,064 Male ±244 33 Female ±31

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