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Hays, KS

21,143 Population
8.6 square miles 2,446.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.2 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 33.2 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$33,657 ±$2,350 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $37,483 † ±$5,295
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$58,459 ±$4,000 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $63,084 ±$5,107
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

20.1% ±2.9% (3,967  ±581) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 18.4% † 5,039 (±2.4% / ±657)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

11.1 minutes ±1.2 (125,445  ±14,344) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 12.9 196,130 (±1 / ±17,108)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

9,003 ±265 Number of households
  • the Hays, KS Micro Area: 12,251 ±259
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.2 ±0.1 (19,620  ±39) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 2.2 27,286 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

6% ±2.4% (336  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 5.7% † 425 (±2% / ±146)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

9,702 ±176 Number of housing units
  • the Hays, KS Micro Area: 13,287 ±31
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$225,500 ±$13,652 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $216,300 ±$12,126
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

26.3% ±3.4% (5,497  ±711.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 21.4% † 6,108 (±2.5% / ±724.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

94.3% ±5.9% (11,435  ±740.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 94.9% 16,489 (±4.6% / ±814)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
42.7% ±3.8% (5,176  ±469.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 38.9% 6,761 (±2.9% / ±503.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

2.9% ±0.9% (608  ±183) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 2.4% 700
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

3.3% ±0.9% (575  ±146) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 3.8% † 879 (±0.8% / ±186)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
575 Total veterans ±146 555 Male ±142 20 Female ±21

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