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Manhattan, KS

53,951 Population
20.1 square miles 2,688.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.2 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 27.1 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$34,520 ±$1,883 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $33,219 ±$938
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$58,441 ±$2,592 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $64,096 ±$3,394
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

26.1% ±2.4% (12,434  ±1,143) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 18.1% 22,018 (±1.4% / ±1,656)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

16.9 minutes ±1.6 (449,705  ±45,684) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 18 1,163,330 (±0.6 / ±46,645)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

21,677 ±586 Number of households
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 50,008 ±841
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.1 (47,363  ±130) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 2.4 121,358 (±0 / ±292)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

2.9% ±1.2% (509  ±202) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 7% † 2,500 (±0.9% / ±333)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

24,334 ±375 Number of housing units
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 56,668 ±151
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$243,700 ±$15,078 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $212,600 ±$6,917
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

28.4% ±2.7% (15,178  ±1,437.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 22.6% 29,689 (±1.6% / ±2,039.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

95.4% ±4.3% (26,045  ±1,249.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 95.4% 68,901 (±2.5% / ±1,843.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
52.1% ±2.9% (14,230  ±825.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 39% 28,135 (±1.5% / ±1,101.6)
  • about 1.5 times 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% ±1.2% (4,082  ±651) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.1% 8,115
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

7.2% ±1% (3,226  ±457) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 11.1% 10,104 (±0.8% / ±758)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
3,226 Total veterans ±457 2,555 Male ±431 671 Female ±173

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