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Hiawatha, KS

3,223 Population
2.6 square miles 1,243.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±3.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Brown County: 42 ±0.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,389 ±$4,679 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Brown County: $31,355 ±$2,085
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$65,058 ±$17,258 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Brown County: $58,886 † ±$5,897
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

11.3% ±3.8% (356  ±120) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Brown County: 14.2% † 1,303 (±2% / ±187)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

12.3 minutes ±1.7 (18,130  ±3,284) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Brown County: 16.5 66,150 (±1.1 / ±5,813)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

1,276 ±116 Number of households
  • Brown County: 3,719 ±134
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.5 ±0.2 (3,135  ±62) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Brown County: 2.5 9,293 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

6% ±6.6% (36  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Brown County: 6.2% † 108 (±2.6% / ±46)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

1,596 ±113 Number of housing units
  • Brown County: 4,489 ±35
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$112,500 ±$23,404 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Brown County: $111,100 ±$9,937
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

12.7% ±5.1% (406  ±163.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Brown County: 10.4% † 974 (±2.2% / ±203.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

94.7% ±10.2% (2,119  ±258.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Brown County: 95% 6,154 (±5.1% / ±331.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
18.5% ±4.6% (415  ±105.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Brown County: 18.3% † 1,185 (±2.2% / ±140.4)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

2.6% ±1.6% (85  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Brown County: 1.3% 124
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

8.6% ±3% (209  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Brown County: 9% † 630 (±1.4% / ±98)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
209 Total veterans ±74 199 Male ±72 10 Female ±16

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