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Howard, KS

553 Population
0.7 square miles 782.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±8.2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Elk County: 49.6 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$32,117 ±$6,461 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Elk County: $29,323 ±$2,777
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$53,125 ±$25,241 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Elk County: $56,087 † ±$9,123
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

23.3% ±10% (126  ±58) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Elk County: 16.7% † 410 (±3.9% / ±95)
  • about double the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

29.8 minutes ±16.6 (7,150  ±4,439) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Elk County: 37.1 † 33,500 (±5.5 / ±5,792)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

283 ±48 Number of households
  • Elk County: 1,076 ±71
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
1.9 ±0.5 (544  ±91) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Elk County: 2.3 2,449 (±0.2 / ±7)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

8.1% ±9.8% (8  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Elk County: 4.5% † 18 (±3% / ±12)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

383 ±50 Number of housing units
  • Elk County: 1,502 ±30
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$53,400 ±$7,891 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elk County: $60,900 † ±$9,970
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

19.7% ±8.6% (107  ±49.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Elk County: 13.1% † 320 (±3.7% / ±90.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

93.1% ±6.6% (362  ±66.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elk County: 92% 1,650 (±7.3% / ±132.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
16.7% ±8.2% (65  ±33.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Elk County: 20.6% † 369 (±3.8% / ±68.7)
  • 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

0.7% ±0.9% (4  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Elk County: 1.1% 27
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

7.1% ±2.9% (29  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Elk County: 8.6% † 162 (±2.2% / ±41)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
29 Total veterans ±13 29 Male ±13 N/A Female ±11

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