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Ness City, KS

1,162 Population
1.5 square miles 798.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±6.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ness County: 45.1 ±3.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$44,246 ±$13,762 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ness County: $45,085 † ±$6,444
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$64,583 ±$11,178 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Ness County: $68,616 † ±$8,501
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

11.5% ±4.1% (128  ±51) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Ness County: 11.2% † 290 (±3.8% / ±97)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

13.6 minutes ±3.2 (8,160  ±2,508) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ness County: 15.6 † 20,900 (±2.5 / ±3,587)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

504 ±87 Number of households
  • Ness County: 1,161 ±58
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.2 ±0.1 (1,116  ±196) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ness County: 2.2 2,587 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

20.4% ±11.2% (57  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Ness County: 11.3% † 62 (±6.4% / ±36)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

588 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Ness County: 1,440 ±66
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$116,600 ±$15,742 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Ness County: $89,700 † ±$15,095
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

16.1% ±7.4% (186  ±91.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ness County: 12% † 316 (±4.1% / ±107.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

91.6% ±18% (739  ±96.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ness County: 92.4% 1,699 (±6.4% / ±138.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
29.6% ±6.1% (239  ±60.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ness County: 25% † 460 (±3.9% / ±73.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

12.9% ±8.5% (150  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ness County: 8.8% 233
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

3.9% ±2.1% (35  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ness County: 5.9% † 125 (±1.9% / ±40)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
35 Total veterans ±20 35 Male ±20 N/A Female ±11

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