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Lakin, KS

2,069 Population
0.9 square miles 2,187.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±6.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kearny County: 37.5 ±1.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$29,958 ±$4,689 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Kearny County: $31,556 ±$3,066
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$84,286 ±$32,915 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kearny County: $74,135 † ±$18,323
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

2.4% ±2.1% (47  ±42) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kearny County: 6.1% † 232 (±2.9% / ±110)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19.5 minutes ±9.5 (14,960  ±7,995) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Kearny County: 20.4 † 32,975 (±3.9 / ±7,019)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

694 ±102 Number of households
  • Kearny County: 1,365 ±80
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.9 ±0.2 (1,996  ±312) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kearny County: 2.8 3,837 (±0.2 / ±21)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

3.8% ±5.5% (15  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Kearny County: 8.2% † 61 (±4.3% / ±33)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

811 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Kearny County: 1,579 ±15
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$141,700 ±$49,579 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kearny County: $152,500 † ±$70,659
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

8.9% ±6.2% (184  ±,129.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kearny County: 13.3% † 516 (±4.7% / ±,183.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

87.9% ±6.1% (1,157  ±,194.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kearny County: 85.3% † 2,080 (±8.9% / ±,235.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
12.4% ±5.6% (163  ±78.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kearny County: 14.6% † 357 (±3.8% / ±92.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

7.6% ±4.6% (157  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kearny County: 13% 508
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

3% ±2.3% (43  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kearny County: 4.4% † 122 (±1.8% / ±50)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
43 Total veterans ±33 43 Male ±33 N/A Female ±11

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