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Hays, KS

21,111 Population
8.6 square miles 2,442.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 32.9 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,508 ±$2,510 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $37,217 † ±$4,790
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$55,349 ±$4,255 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $59,665 ±$5,137
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

17.1% ±2.5% (3,401  ±493) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 15.3% † 4,223 (±2% / ±559)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

11.8 minutes ±1.4 (134,620  ±16,945) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 13.2 205,115 (±1.2 / ±19,846)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

8,739 ±283 Number of households
  • the Hays, KS Micro Area: 11,958 ±302
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.3 ±0.1 (19,803  ±56) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 2.3 27,510 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

4.8% ±2.1% (268  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 5% † 376 (±1.8% / ±138)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

9,691 ±154 Number of housing units
  • the Hays, KS Micro Area: 13,214 ±39
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$211,100 ±$15,130 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $199,100 ±$11,886
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

26.2% ±3.4% (5,480  ±,702.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 21.8% † 6,236 (±2.7% / ±,771.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

95.8% ±6% (11,733  ±,771.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 95.3% 16,616 (±4.8% / ±855)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
43% ±4.2% (5,266  ±,529.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 38.7% 6,748 (±3.3% / ±,572.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

2.9% ±0.8% (612  ±162) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 2.9% 841
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

4.7% ±1% (799  ±169) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 4.6% † 1,053 (±0.8% / ±186)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
799 Total veterans ±169 714 Male ±152 85 Female ±70

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