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Ness City, KS

1,136 Population
1.5 square miles 780.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±7.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ness County: 46.1 † ±5.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$48,359 ±$17,043 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Ness County: $45,430 † ±$8,321
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$65,982 ±$15,583 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Ness County: $66,107 † ±$8,821
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

7.2% ±3.9% (79  ±44) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ness County: 11.4% † 296 (±4% / ±103)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

13.1 minutes ±2.4 (7,640  ±1,926) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ness County: 16 † 20,970 (±2.1 / ±3,178)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

491 ±75 Number of households
  • Ness County: 1,163 ±68
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.5 (1,095  ±157) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ness County: 2.2 2,599 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

14.4% ±10.6% (33  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Ness County: 7.7% † 39 (±5.3% / ±27)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

589 ±78 Number of housing units
  • Ness County: 1,475 ±62
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$100,300 ±$19,677 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ness County: $85,400 † ±$12,149
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

14.5% ±8.1% (164  ±93.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ness County: 9.9% † 261 (±3.8% / ±99.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

89.8% ±6.2% (705  ±92.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ness County: 91.6% 1,679 (±6.6% / ±134.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
29.8% ±6.6% (234  ±57.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ness County: 23% † 422 (±4% / ±75.5)
  • about 80 percent 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

12.4% ±5.4% (141  ±64) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ness County: 7.6% 202
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5% ±2.1% (44  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ness County: 6.6% † 140 (±2.2% / ±46)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
44 Total veterans ±19 44 Male ±19 N/A Female ±11

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