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Lakin, KS

2,243 Population
0.9 square miles 2,371.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kearny County: 37.1 ±1.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$31,127 ±$4,350 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kearny County: $34,273 ±$3,167
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$89,514 ±$23,363 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Kearny County: $89,135 † ±$17,102
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

2.4% ±1.5% (52  ±34) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Kearny County: 4.5% † 171 (±2.4% / ±89)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

23.1 minutes ±8.4 (18,785  ±7,789) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kearny County: 21.5 † 34,170 (±3.7 / ±6,678)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

776 ±96 Number of households
  • Kearny County: 1,427 ±75
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.8 ±0.1 (2,172  ±282) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Kearny County: 2.7 3,793 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

4.6% ±4.2% (21  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Kearny County: 8.8% † 73 (±4.5% / ±38)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

889 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Kearny County: 1,578 ±32
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$170,000 ±$30,412 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kearny County: $200,900 † ±$32,570
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

10.4% ±5.1% (231  ±116.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kearny County: 14.3% † 550 (±4.9% / ±185.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

83.1% ±7.7% (1,148  ±182.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kearny County: 81.9% † 2,057 (±8.8% / ±229.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
15.7% ±5.8% (217  ±84.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kearny County: 19.4% † 487 (±4.3% / ±108.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

13.7% ±6.1% (308  ±141) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kearny County: 17.6% 681
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

3.2% ±2.2% (48  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kearny County: 4.5% † 124 (±1.6% / ±44)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
48 Total veterans ±34 48 Male ±34 N/A Female ±11

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