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Great Bend, KS

14,596 Population
10.5 square miles 1,386.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±1.8 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: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$29,478 ±$2,643 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: $31,835 ±$2,148
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$53,323 ±$5,705 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: $56,733 ±$2,762
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

17% ±3.7% (2,412  ±531) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 14.7% † 3,640 (±2.5% / ±605)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

14 minutes ±1.5 (90,215  ±10,971) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 15.2 166,715 (±1.3 / ±15,182)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

5,963 ±247 Number of households
  • the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 10,219 ±293
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.4 ±0.1 (14,208  ±42) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 2.4 24,787 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

6.5% ±2.7% (211  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 7% † 369 (±2.5% / ±132)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

7,198 ±229 Number of housing units
  • the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 12,373 ±44
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$118,700 ±$9,143 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: $117,200 ±$6,940
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

19.1% ±3.2% (2,755  ±,454.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 15.1% † 3,776 (±1.9% / ±,483.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

85.7% ±5.5% (8,406  ±607) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 90.3% 15,500 (±4.4% / ±,769.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
20.9% ±2.9% (2,053  ±,293.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 21.7% 3,722 (±2.1% / ±,368.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

6.2% ±1.6% (898  ±230) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 3.9% 990
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

6.1% ±1.8% (662  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 8.1% † 1,542 (±1.3% / ±242)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
662 Total veterans ±195 558 Male ±179 104 Female ±72

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