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Medicine Lodge, KS

1,377 Population
1.2 square miles 1,148.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.1 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Barber County: 42.8 † ±4.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$34,890 ±$4,502 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Barber County: $32,879 † ±$3,407
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$53,156 ±$5,952 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Barber County: $53,774 ±$4,419
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

12.7% ±6.5% (165  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barber County: 20.3% † 809 (±5.5% / ±224)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

18.1 minutes ±3.3 (10,780  ±3,124) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barber County: 16.4 30,440 (±1.5 / ±4,052)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

603 ±94 Number of households
  • Barber County: 1,771 ±119
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.2 ±0.5 (1,344  ±185) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Barber County: 2.3 4,026 (±0.2 / ±188)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

852 ±106 Number of housing units
  • Barber County: 2,496 ±81
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$74,100 ±$15,851 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barber County: $83,300 † ±$18,485
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

6.9% ±4.4% (95  ±61.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barber County: 8.6% † 347 (±2.9% / ±120)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

90.5% ±4.5% (908  ±,136.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barber County: 91.5% 2,607 (±6% / ±,203.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
20.5% ±5.2% (206  ±59.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barber County: 23.6% † 673 (±3.6% / ±,107.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

3.9% ±3.3% (53  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Barber County: 1.9% † 78 (±1.2% / ±48)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

7.3% ±3.1% (82  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barber County: 6.6% † 205 (±1.6% / ±51)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
82 Total veterans ±37 74 Male ±34 8 Female ±9

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