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Manhattan, KS

54,287 Population
20.1 square miles 2,705 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 26.6 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,863 ±$2,044 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $31,979 ±$837
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$55,316 ±$3,284 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $61,270 ±$2,780
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

26.5% ±2.2% (12,651  ±1,053) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 18.3% 22,285 (±1.3% / ±1,517)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

16 minutes ±1.2 (430,335  ±37,291) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 17.6 1,148,955 (±0.7 / ±50,090)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

21,428 ±495 Number of households
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 49,331 ±695
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.2 ±0.1 (47,631  ±112) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 2.5 121,426 (±0 / ±207)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

2.1% ±1.1% (381  ±190) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.9% † 2,479 (±0.8% / ±293)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

24,268 ±356 Number of housing units
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 56,426 ±101
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$242,300 ±$15,624 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $210,300 ±$6,362
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

30.3% ±2.8% (16,317  ±1,484.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 23.5% 31,005 (±1.6% / ±2,110.4)
  • about double the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

95.3% ±3.9% (25,367  ±1,177.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 95.3% 68,365 (±2.7% / ±1,919.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
52.6% ±2.8% (14,017  ±,801.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 39% 27,996 (±1.6% / ±1,165.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

7.8% ±1% (4,208  ±543) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.1% 8,154
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

7.5% ±1% (3,388  ±454) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 11.8% 10,852 (±0.8% / ±706)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
3,388 Total veterans ±454 2,761 Male ±412 627 Female ±165

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