Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Great Bend, KS

14,479 Population
10.5 square miles 1,375 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

36.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 38.8 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$32,972 ±$3,826 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: $34,350 ±$2,589
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$54,139 ±$7,438 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: $58,851 ±$3,181
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

16.9% ±3.3% (2,390  ±471) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 15.4% † 3,787 (±2.3% / ±564)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

14 minutes ±1.6 (87,640  ±11,893) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 15.2 164,225 (±1.3 / ±16,009)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

6,043 ±268 Number of households
  • the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 10,380 ±330
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.3 ±0.1 (14,106  ±38) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 2.4 24,642 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

7.2% ±2.6% (231  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 7.5% † 397 (±2.3% / ±122)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

7,185 ±206 Number of housing units
  • the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 12,383 ±62
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$133,900 ±$19,194 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: $126,400 ±$11,964
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

15% ±3.1% (2,139  ±445.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 12.6% † 3,111 (±2% / ±499.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

86.5% ±5.4% (8,407  ±576.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 90.5% 15,403 (±4% / ±703.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
19.9% ±2.8% (1,933  ±278.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 21.7% 3,690 (±2.1% / ±350.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

7.9% ±1.8% (1,137  ±254) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 5% 1,243
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

5.3% ±1.8% (577  ±194) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 7.9% † 1,498 (±1.2% / ±228)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
577 Total veterans ±194 503 Male ±188 74 Female ±57

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.