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Medicine Lodge, KS

1,518 Population
1.2 square miles 1,266.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barber County: 42.6 ±3.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$33,207 ±$4,773 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Barber County: $34,620 † ±$3,504
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$54,663 ±$4,090 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Barber County: $57,615 ±$4,020
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

11.2% ±5% (162  ±77) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Barber County: 17.6% † 716 (±5.7% / ±235)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

14.3 minutes ±2.7 (10,525  ±2,456) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Barber County: 15.1 30,545 (±1 / ±3,070)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

681 ±109 Number of households
  • Barber County: 1,806 ±119
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.5 (1,486  ±227) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Barber County: 2.3 4,098 (±0.2 / ±172)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

2.4% ±3.6% (8  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Barber County: 7.2% † 53 (±3.9% / ±29)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

884 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Barber County: 2,461 ±77
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$80,200 ±$19,297 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barber County: $92,700 † ±$20,461
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

14.1% ±4.8% (213  ±78.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Barber County: 10.9% † 449 (±2.8% / ±118.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

94.5% ±3.2% (987  ±146.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barber County: 94% 2,655 (±5.9% / ±208.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
23.9% ±5.3% (250  ±66.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barber County: 27.1% † 766 (±3.7% / ±110.6)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.8% ±0.9% (12  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Barber County: 0.7% † 27 (±0.7% / ±28)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

4.4% ±2% (53  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Barber County: 6% † 187 (±1.6% / ±49)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
53 Total veterans ±25 50 Male ±24 3 Female ±6

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