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Emporia, KS

24,098 Population
12.3 square miles 1,956.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 34 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$26,667 ±$1,112 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $30,005 ±$1,045
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$52,787 ±$4,804 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $58,788 ±$2,302
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

18.4% ±3.2% (4,254  ±748) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14.8% † 4,970 (±2.2% / ±745)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

12.4 minutes ±1 (143,820  ±13,836) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 15.5 254,260 (±0.9 / ±17,180)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

10,209 ±283 Number of households
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14,467 ±302
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.3 ±0.1 (23,024  ±32) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 2.3 33,503 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

5.7% ±2.1% (387  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 5.6% † 488 (±1.8% / ±156)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

11,441 ±172 Number of housing units
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 16,395 ±54
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$127,500 ±$9,830 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $137,800 ±$7,992
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

27.1% ±3.9% (6,450  ±940.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 22% † 7,552 (±2.8% / ±972.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

87.1% ±4.5% (12,120  ±682.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 89.5% 19,079 (±3.5% / ±761.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
25.8% ±2.6% (3,591  ±373.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 27.9% 5,939 (±1.9% / ±412.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

13.4% ±1.8% (3,237  ±438) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 10.1% 3,489
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.3% ±1% (997  ±194) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 6.5% † 1,740 (±0.7% / ±196)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
997 Total veterans ±194 962 Male ±189 35 Female ±26

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