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Lakin, KS

2,066 Population
0.9 square miles 2,184.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±3.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kearny County: 34.9 ±2.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,804 ±$6,160 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kearny County: $29,465 † ±$3,639
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$58,846 ±$24,108 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kearny County: $68,750 † ±$18,282
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

18.6% ±11% (371  ±229) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kearny County: 15.6% † 607 (±6.2% / ±239)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

20.4 minutes ±9.4 (14,470  ±7,560) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Kearny County: 20 † 29,975 (±4 / ±6,806)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

704 ±101 Number of households
  • Kearny County: 1,352 ±73
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.8 ±0.3 (1,990  ±345) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kearny County: 2.9 3,888 (±0.2 / ±19)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

17.2% ±11% (71  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kearny County: 15% † 121 (±6.8% / ±56)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

811 ±106 Number of housing units
  • Kearny County: 1,582 ±15
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$144,000 ±$36,237 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Kearny County: $143,200 † ±$29,986
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

18.6% ±9.3% (379  ±,199.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kearny County: 17% † 663 (±6.1% / ±,236.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

78.4% ±7.2% (934  ±,167.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Kearny County: 80.4% † 1,898 (±8% / ±,199.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
11% ±4.5% (131  ±56.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kearny County: 16.6% † 392 (±3.9% / ±93.3)
  • about one-third 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

9.3% ±6.2% (193  ±131) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kearny County: 12.3% 486
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

2.5% ±1.6% (34  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kearny County: 3.8% † 106 (±1.6% / ±45)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
34 Total veterans ±23 34 Male ±23 N/A Female ±11

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