Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Harper, KS

1,136 Population
1.6 square miles 700 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

37.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Harper County: 40.6 ±1.1
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$30,284 ±$4,584 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Harper County: $29,878 ±$2,156
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$54,250 ±$14,468 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Harper County: $53,488 ±$2,991
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

19.2% ±8.3% (216  ±100) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Harper County: 17.3% † 914 (±4.3% / ±228)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

13.9 minutes ±3.1 (6,855  ±2,245) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Harper County: 16.3 † 34,785 (±1.8 / ±4,490)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

506 ±81 Number of households
  • Harper County: 2,206 ±120
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.2 ±0.5 (1,128  ±179) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Harper County: 2.4 5,215 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

6.8% ±6% (17  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Harper County: 11.8% † 125 (±4.9% / ±53)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

741 ±77 Number of housing units
  • Harper County: 3,020 ±24
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$78,600 ±$5,850 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Harper County: $83,800 † ±$13,537
  • about one-third of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

7.6% ±4.1% (85  ±47.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Harper County: 10.5% † 552 (±3.6% / ±189.3)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

85.1% ±19.1% (720  ±113.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Harper County: 90.8% 3,290 (±6.3% / ±235)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
9.7% ±4.8% (82  ±42.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Harper County: 22.8% † 826 (±3.4% / ±123)
  • about one-quarter 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

6.3% ±4.7% (72  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Harper County: 1.9% 105
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

7% ±2.5% (64  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Harper County: 7.1% † 286 (±1.7% / ±69)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
64 Total veterans ±25 54 Male ±22 10 Female ±8

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.