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Herington, KS

2,105 Population
4.9 square miles 431.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Morris County: 48.7 ±2.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$38,337 ±$8,768 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Morris County: $36,341 ±$3,523
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$68,214 ±$7,233 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Morris County: $56,716 † ±$6,495
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

6.9% ±2.6% (142  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Morris County: 12.8% † 677 (±3.8% / ±200)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

26.7 minutes ±4 (23,585  ±5,061) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Morris County: 23.5 † 58,275 (±2.5 / ±7,635)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

968 ±134 Number of households
  • Morris County: 2,499 ±110
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.1 ±0.4 (2,063  ±225) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Morris County: 2.1 5,305 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

5% ±3.7% (23  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Morris County: 3.8% † 34 (±2.8% / ±25)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

1,227 ±133 Number of housing units
  • Morris County: 2,991 ±39
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$79,000 ±$15,657 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Morris County: $120,900 † ±$15,204
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

14.8% ±6.9% (309  ±147.1) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Morris County: 7.4% † 393 (±2.3% / ±124.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

89.6% ±6.4% (1,405  ±196) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Morris County: 92.9% 3,710 (±6.7% / ±271.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
21.5% ±6% (337  ±102.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Morris County: 27.3% † 1,091 (±3.9% / ±156.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.4% ±0.7% (9  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Morris County: 1.6% 87
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

15% ±4.5% (252  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Morris County: 12.4% † 530 (±2.7% / ±113)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
252 Total veterans ±81 221 Male ±69 31 Female ±35

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