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Great Bend, KS

14,725 Population
10.5 square miles 1,398.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 39.2 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,069 ±$2,702 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: $31,516 ±$2,252
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$53,885 ±$3,581 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: $54,634 ±$2,015
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

16.3% ±3.8% (2,330  ±542) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 14.5% † 3,592 (±2.4% / ±588)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

13.8 minutes ±1.4 (93,635  ±10,858) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 15.2 172,025 (±1.3 / ±16,011)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

5,721 ±291 Number of households
  • the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 10,055 ±319
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.5 ±0.1 (14,337  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 2.5 24,970 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

7.4% ±3.5% (236  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 7.4% † 386 (±3.1% / ±160)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

7,092 ±282 Number of housing units
  • the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 12,396 ±33
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$116,400 ±$11,286 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: $113,200 ±$7,047
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

19.8% ±3.4% (2,873  ±,493.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 16.2% † 4,081 (±2.3% / ±,573.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

85% ±5.6% (8,451  ±,609.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 89.7% 15,563 (±4.5% / ±,781.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
22.2% ±3.1% (2,210  ±,317.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 21.7% † 3,763 (±2.2% / ±,378.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

6.3% ±1.5% (921  ±222) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 4.4% 1,108
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

7.2% ±1.7% (791  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Great Bend, KS Micro Area: 8.9% † 1,731 (±1.3% / ±253)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
791 Total veterans ±190 676 Male ±175 115 Female ±75

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