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Howard, KS

546 Population
0.7 square miles 772.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Elk County: 50.4 ±1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,185 ±$3,911 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elk County: $28,159 † ±$3,285
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$39,583 ±$9,801 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Elk County: $50,000 † ±$7,248
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

23.9% ±10.1% (128  ±58) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Elk County: 14.8% † 362 (±4.1% / ±101)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

15.8 minutes ±4.6 (3,200  ±1,221) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Elk County: 31.4 † 28,100 (±5.2 / ±5,295)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

260 ±41 Number of households
  • Elk County: 1,028 ±73
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.1 ±0 (536  ±85) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Elk County: 2.4 2,436 (±0.2 / ±8)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

8.3% ±8.8% (9  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Elk County: 3.3% † 13 (±2.8% / ±11)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

344 ±52 Number of housing units
  • Elk County: 1,511 ±28
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$43,200 ±$10,990 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Elk County: $57,100 † ±$9,533
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

18.5% ±7.2% (99  ±41.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Elk County: 11.9% † 290 (±3.3% / ±81.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

90.2% ±6.5% (332  ±57.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Elk County: 86.9% 1,551 (±6.4% / ±,117.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
21.5% ±9.2% (79  ±36) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Elk County: 18.2% † 325 (±3.2% / ±57.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

1.1% ±1.3% (6  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Elk County: 0.9% 21
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

8.3% ±4% (32  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Elk County: 8.2% † 155 (±2.2% / ±41)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
32 Total veterans ±16 32 Male ±16 N/A Female ±11

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