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Harper, KS

1,191 Population
1.6 square miles 733.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Harper County: 40.8 ±1.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$29,174 ±$3,585 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Harper County: $28,555 ±$1,682
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$58,839 ±$6,660 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Harper County: $55,417 ±$4,274
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

16.2% ±6.7% (192  ±84) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Harper County: 15.3% † 812 (±3.2% / ±169)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

16.5 minutes ±3.4 (8,080  ±2,263) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Harper County: 14.6 † 30,085 (±1.6 / ±3,699)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

534 ±71 Number of households
  • Harper County: 2,205 ±135
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.1 (1,182  ±164) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Harper County: 2.4 5,260 (±0.2 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

7.1% ±7.3% (15  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Harper County: 12.6% † 128 (±4.9% / ±51)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

722 ±75 Number of housing units
  • Harper County: 3,026 ±21
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$80,300 ±$9,923 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Harper County: $77,300 ±$6,525
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

7.8% ±4.1% (92  ±49.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Harper County: 10.3% † 546 (±3.4% / ±182.5)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

83.4% ±5% (755  ±104) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Harper County: 89.7% 3,300 (±5.9% / ±227.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
10.8% ±4.7% (98  ±44.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Harper County: 21.7% † 797 (±3.3% / ±123.3)
  • about one-third 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

7.4% ±4.1% (88  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Harper County: 2% 109
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

9.9% ±2.8% (95  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Harper County: 8.2% † 333 (±1.8% / ±74)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
95 Total veterans ±29 76 Male ±25 19 Female ±15

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